Yes, I know, feedback or something, but I like the asylum and you can't make me. Has anyone ever explained why we can't just delete our own posts/threads? I mean, is there a good reason? Other forums let you!
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“It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes. But a half-wit remains a half-wit, and the emperor remains an emperor.â€
― Neil Gaiman, The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones
― Neil Gaiman, The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones
So there's always proof of the foot in the mouth moment. Or the retarded comment. 
You could always go back and edit your post at least and delete it, right?
You could always go back and edit your post at least and delete it, right?
Nexa wrote:
Has anyone ever explained why we can't just delete our own posts/threads?
Thumbelyna Quick Hands wrote:
So there's always proof of the foot in the mouth moment. Or the retarded comment.
You could always go back and edit your post at least and delete it, right?
You could always go back and edit your post at least and delete it, right?
Oh sure, you can do that, but if you do a quadruple post or something, it seems silly to not be able to just delete the extras. I know it's a silly small amount of space, but it would still be to the advantage of the servers, right? What's the negative really...since you can edit the posts to be empty anyway? I guess deleting your own threads would delete the posts of other people so that might be out of the question, but just individual posts?
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“It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes. But a half-wit remains a half-wit, and the emperor remains an emperor.â€
― Neil Gaiman, The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones
― Neil Gaiman, The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones
For double/triple/quad threads Alla encourages new topics rise from server hiccups. Instead of deleting a double posted thread, change the title and start a new idea or debate! Makes things fresh and snappy and keeps you on your toes.
Deleting threads assumes the ability to delete other people's posts. Which seems a no-no.
Deleting posts dorks up the continutity and, like Thumb says, allows for a bit of revisionist history. Yeah, you can edit them clean but you still leave evidence that you changed your post after the fact.
Beyond cleaning up the occassional server glitch, I can't think of a good, valid reason to need to completely remove your own posts/threads but plenty of ways to abuse the ability.
Deleting posts dorks up the continutity and, like Thumb says, allows for a bit of revisionist history. Yeah, you can edit them clean but you still leave evidence that you changed your post after the fact.
Beyond cleaning up the occassional server glitch, I can't think of a good, valid reason to need to completely remove your own posts/threads but plenty of ways to abuse the ability.
Belkira wrote:
Wow. Regular ol' Joph fan club in here.
Jophiel wrote:
Beyond cleaning up the occassional server glitch, I can't think of a good, valid reason to need to completely remove your own posts/threads but plenty of ways to abuse the ability.
Nexa wrote:
I mean, is there a good reason? Other forums let you!
Nexa wrote:
There are no other forums
Nexa! You've got some splaining to do!
MentalFrog wrote:
Nexa! You've got some splaining to do!
Ricky?
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“It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes. But a half-wit remains a half-wit, and the emperor remains an emperor.â€
― Neil Gaiman, The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones
― Neil Gaiman, The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones
B/c they have enoughh trouble keeping the site from going super-nova after handling regular posts to consider something all fancy-dancy like this.
Besides, they spent the development money on KTGHA, KTHGB, and KTHGC on some new servers. This gold isn't going to farm itself!
Besides, they spent the development money on KTGHA, KTHGB, and KTHGC on some new servers. This gold isn't going to farm itself!
The post deleting we do is a trick. We don't actually delete it, as in erase the data per say, but we just hide it. So it takes the same space on the server regardless.
I just think if we let people delete posts that suddenly anyone that had a thread go a direction they didn't like would just deep six it. I dunno.
I just think if we let people delete posts that suddenly anyone that had a thread go a direction they didn't like would just deep six it. I dunno.
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If we let people delete anything they regretted saying, threads would end up being Swiss Cheese. There's also the whole thread starter nuking an entire thread thing being somewhat presumptuous
Do what now?
It could be more like threads can only be deleted until x amount of time or y amount of responses.
And messages can only be deleted if there have been none posted since then.
And messages can only be deleted if there have been none posted since then.
DodoBird the Pest wrote:
It could be more like threads can only be deleted until x amount of time or y amount of responses.
And messages can only be deleted if there have been none posted since then.
And messages can only be deleted if there have been none posted since then.
With those restrictions, why bother =P
Do what now?
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