OP has the opportunity to do the funniest thing.
just in case
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Have you ever had fruitful discussions cut short because OP deleted the post? If so, is this a fundamental problem or just an annoyance?Downvoting because that’s not what the title says.
Kidding.
Or am I??
As a mod on this community, I find it annoying at best. It happens from time to time, and while there are no explicit rules against it I find it disruptive enough to the spirit of the community to serve users with a one week ban because of it. Deleting an ancient post is one thing. Deleting for no apparent reason while people are typing responses is a waste of everybody’s time.
Thank you for your insightful comment -and also for your commitment!
I think that this issue - if it is relevant at all - needs to be solved by the developers: for example, by prohibiting to delete posts once the post has received a certain number of comments/upvotes/downvotes, but at the same time still allowing the user name to be removed (which is technically difficult, of course).
If that’s possible (can’t say for sure), then I’d go for that. Anything else would be punishing those who post here in the first place, and I think that should be avoided at all costs.
Everyone should retain sovereignty over their posts, but I think there can be a certain level of interest at which personal posts become somewhat public property. Where that lies can certainly be determined by the community, but it is definitely also a technical question - and probably a difficult one not only but just because of edits to the OP-Post.
Annoyance at worst. Most times don’t care
It’s a habit that I think sparked from Reddit exodus and people wanting to remove traces of themselves.
I know some people disagree, but it feels like walking into someone’s library and just setting books on fire. You’re destroying some posterity and the goal of place like Lenny where we want to gather people and information.
Instead of going scorched Earth, we should treat this as a public place where what you say is out of your control once you have said it. We should be practicing mindfulness in how we use the internet, like we used to back in the day.
The common practice on Reddit used to be creating throwaway accounts (some still do that here) to ask those more personal questions, but I think more and more people are just destroying accounts all together every few months.
It’s a less of an issue on the communities where people are asking for personal advice that is very bespoke to the person (even though that advice could in theory help others in the future) and more of an issue in the communities where knowledge is being shared.
I think the larger hurdle on Lemmy will be the fact that there will always be many clashing ideologies and people will never agree on the way people should be living their lives.
I go back to the BBS days on my 300 baud modem… there’s never been a fruitful discussion on the Internet. We’re all just here to waste time. (e: even those who put forth good-faith effort)
just annoyance
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If it’s more than a minor annoyance, you need to touch some grass. Arguing with a stranger is rrelevant to your life.
If “discussion” means “argument” to you, I think you’re the problem! Haha
