• Elaine@lemmy.world
      4·
      5 days ago

      More often than not this is the reason right here. I post, then go reload to see my post out in the wild. Sometimes it takes a minute to realize I must erase its existence.

  • StrawberryPigtails@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
    22·
    6 days ago

    I’ve only ever deleted one comment I’ve made. I was having a bad day, I was being overly pissy and inflammatory, and the comment didn’t add anything to the conversation. If I had been the mod of that community, I would have deleted it and possibly banned myself. Since they didn’t, I did. Once I came to my senses.

    For the most part, though, I’m happy to leave my stupidity up for the future to see.

  • Libb@piefed.socialEnglish
    16·
    6 days ago

    I regularly notice how some people simply delete their post because they don’t like the way people are answering to it. It’s fine they don’t like those answers, it’s not fair they are given the power to mute them.

    I find that behavior annoying. Not because someone deletes their post. I mean, they’re free to do whatever they want, but because by doing so they also render the entire discussion unavailable.

    Like if all the other participants were submitted to their whims.

    Imho, a solution could be to let people delete their post but not the technical-something-whatever that made their post accessible to read and to answer. And so, no matter how shy or regretful the OP could ever be, people that have answered would not be dependent on their willingness to let them speak. And even if the OP was deleted other people would still be able to read the comments and maybe keep on discussing without te OP being involved.

    • Grimy@lemmy.world
      6·
      6 days ago

      There was a user or two I would explicitly quote their whole comment because of this.

      Had an other user constantly edit his post to add points after I replied which was much worse imo.

      The only time I ever delete a comment is if it’s within 30 seconds of posting it, as to not cause things like this.

      • Libb@piefed.socialEnglish
        4·
        6 days ago

        There was a user or two I would explicitly quote their whole comment because of this.

        I considered doing that too a while ago, but then realized it was more work & wasted time for us, right? While we could still see the whole thread risk being deleted because OP decides to? So I decided not to. Instead, I block the persons I’ve noticed doing that so I don’t to waste my time reading their posts anymore in the future and won’t risk wasting even more time trying to comment.

        Simply put, since they consider it’s ok for them to delete everyone’s content who participated because they’re unhappy about how it turned, well, I help them stay deleted once and for all from my feed ;)

  • 0x01@lemmy.ml
    11·
    6 days ago

    I’ve deleted a few, usually if I accidentally doxx someone or literally post the wrong place (like I intended to reply to one person but somehow the message was posted as a response to another)

  • nialv7@lemmy.world
    9·
    6 days ago

    I generally don’t, even when I am dead wrong - it was my opinion and I was an idiot, no need to hide away from my past mistakes.

    But I do delete my posts when I, for example, completely misunderstand what the OP is talking about, so I’m not adding anything to the conversation.

    • miss_demeanour@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      4·
      6 days ago

      Agreed. Could be a relatively active post, excellent engagement and then:

      doofus1: “Is this AI?” <it clearly isn’t>

      doofus2: “Now that you mention it…proceeds to launch 5 paragraphs as to how it’s AI…blah, blah…” <it isn’t AI>

      experts1, 2, &3: “It’s not AI”

      doofuses 1& 2, whilst being downvoted into oblivion, push back ad nauseum despite admitting they could be wrong.

      14 comments in the thread later, a mod removes some…

      Original post succesully derailed.

      OP deletes popular post, bc “Why bother?”

      lather.rinse.repeat.