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eb  ·  4655 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: You will give me a "delete post" button, or I will never post again.
I have seen this trend of users asking to delete accounts and posts in various forums (wipe everything) many times during the years.

Why are you asking for this option kleinbl00? I mean, I understand when you for example care about your privacy and think somehow it's being violated so you ask to delete everything that can identify you personally, but I don't think you are a user who posts personal information in online forums that somehow someone can use it to harm you. I consider you a very cautious user.

I ask because I have seen many forums where users have asked to delete everything they have posted for years leaving blank spaces in debates where they had participated. The case in point, correct me if I am wrong, is you on reddit. I used to save different comments you had made, for later pleasure of reading, honestly i learned a lot from them, returning to them finding that they had been deleted or modified.





kleinbl00  ·  4654 days ago  ·  link  ·  
Let's be clear about a few things:

1) MY comments, my content. You do not own them. Neither does Hubski, neither does Reddit. I control them, I control whether I feel like sharing them, I control whether I feel like unsharing them. The minute that ceases to be true is the minute I cease to share.

2) MY blank spaces to leave. I had felt like sharing my experiences in Hollywood with this crowd. I no longer feel that way. In fact, I feel that this crowd has so little empathy for a position they themselves do not enjoy that I do not even wish to give them a platform in which to discuss these issues. They're welcome to resubmit anything I've submitted in the past, but I'll be goddamned if I'll let a bunch of entitled SOBs sit around claiming people aren't entitled to worry about losing their houses just because their property values are high. I started that discussion, I have every right to shoot it full of empty holes and disappear it down the shithole it deserves to vanish into.

3) MY lessons to give. Your "later pleasure" is not a guarantee. You really like something, copy it somewhere else. I had presumed that anything I posted on Hubski I had the option of tearing down at a later date, just like every other forum on the planet. So long as I have the login, I have the killswitch. If I feel like denying the community my input in a scorched-earth retaliation for malfeasance, that's entirely my right.

I'm here because I want to be. The minute I no longer want to be, my content comes with me.

BritishHobo  ·  4653 days ago  ·  link  ·  
If you feel that strongly, should you not discover whether or not you have the ability to delete your posts before you go about making them? This is not your website, and it's absurd to go about posting whatever you decide to post and then act as if you are entitled to have your posts treated as you wish. It's up to you, not the creators of every website you browse.
fr33lunch  ·  4654 days ago  ·  link  ·  
If a comment or post has been directly discussed, then I think it should stay. If you allow contributors to line-censor the past, it takes away the legitimacy and authenticity of the discussion. It cheapens the debate.
thundara  ·  4654 days ago  ·  link  ·  
Agreed, I'd rather debate/arguments be resolved than covered up, censoring hurts the community. That being said, the submitter of every content is its author and deserves full control over its visibility.