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In response to "you want to take it back? Put in a delete button for your own posts. -- nm" by loosilu

Nah. It's leave orphan posts and would generally be a way for someone to avoid responsibility for what they say.

Posted by TWuG Jun 19 '10, 18:13

"I never said *that*! You can't find the post where I said anything of the sort!"

Etc.

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Posts from Estonian dwarfs? -- nm - Dano Jun 19, 19:04 1
- Surprisingly common. -- nm - TWuG Jun 19, 19:08
It might be nice for typo correction and whatnot. Maybe if no replies and less than a couple minutes old... -- nm - Ender Jun 19, 18:43
even Usenet let you delete posts 20 years ago. -- nm - loosilu Jun 19, 18:15 12
- This isn't Usenet. And I'd very much dislike people hiding behind a delete or edit feature. -- nm - TWuG Jun 19, 18:20 11
  - There are good and bad reasons for it. good would be for accidentally posting a spoiler in the subject line. - Redmond Jun 19, 18:45 9
    - For things like that, I'd rather see the ability to "scribble" (for lack of a better word) specific posts. - TWuG Jun 19, 18:50 7
      - or just allow the person who posted to scribble themselves -- nm - Roger More Jun 19, 18:56 3
        
        Go scribble yourself. -- nm - David Jun 19, 19:03
        
        you could even have it so the post appears scribbled on the board, but when you click on it you can see the original post -- nm - Roger More Jun 19, 18:57 1
        
        That was a given, I thought. And only allowing the poster to scribble themselves does nothing for - TWuG Jun 19, 18:58
      - hmmm, interesting variation. -- nm - loosilu Jun 19, 18:56
      - That works for me -- nm - Redmond Jun 19, 18:51 1
        
        I know what you are saying though. I saw a facebook thread that had a bunch of angry posts. - Redmond Jun 19, 18:52
    - What would be nice is if you could post over it. Redo the subject line but the old subject line and IM could not be altered, just buried below a new - Redmond Jun 19, 18:48
  - God forbid ST should be deprived of nailing people for the exact wording of the first thing they said on a topic! - loosilu Jun 19, 18:43

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Nah. It's leave orphan posts and would generally be a way for someone to avoid responsibility for what they say.

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