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 Mar 29 2005, 09:43 PM
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 in love. unfortunately  Group: Member Posts: 459 Joined: Mar 2005 Member No: 112,979  |
I'm not sure of this belongs here, and if not I'm sorry!
 but does anyone know why you can't delete posts? I was on a board with the same format as this, almost exactly, and you could delete posts. So why can't you here?
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Mar 29 2005, 09:44 PM
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 Quand j'étais jeune... Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 6,826 Joined: Jan 2004 Member No: 1,272 |
This is a good thing in the debate forum... you can't go back on what you said. hahaha.
okay... i don't know why either... someone enlighten me please. |
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Mar 29 2005, 09:45 PM
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 i've never wanted anything rationale. Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 8,449 Joined: May 2004 Member No: 19,045 |
I agree. I really do believe we all should be able to delete our own posts! It would probably help on the double posting issue, esp. when cB freaks out and posts 3 in a row =)
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Mar 29 2005, 09:45 PM
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 High Voltage!∞ Group: Official Member Posts: 4,728 Joined: Jul 2004 Member No: 29,157 |
That's the way micron wanted it I guess? Admins have a choice about that stuff. I guess they don't want people deleting they're posts =/
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| *salcha* |
Mar 29 2005, 09:48 PM
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yeah, maybe we should add that feature, it would help a lot.
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| *lolita kitty* |
Mar 29 2005, 09:49 PM
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actually, thats a good question. i think we should be able to delete our own posts.
it helps if you accidentally double post ^_^ |
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| *mzkandi* |
Mar 29 2005, 09:50 PM
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the ability to delete post would be a useful feature as well as aid in the fight against double/triple post
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Mar 29 2005, 09:52 PM
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 banned Group: Member Posts: 1,589 Joined: Feb 2004 Member No: 3,768 |
its nice to have the deletion of post/threads to have more room for better posts/threads
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Mar 29 2005, 09:58 PM
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 kristin Group: Member Posts: 5,705 Joined: Feb 2004 Member No: 3,985 |
well..mods can. but why would you delete it..if you can edit it? I don't know why you can't delete your own posts, but does it really matter if you have the edit button? =]
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Mar 29 2005, 10:02 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Member Posts: 961 Joined: Dec 2004 Member No: 68,057 |
well if someone who double posted or triple posted could delete their own post...then that would add up to a lot of saved bandwith so less "Connection" errors
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Mar 29 2005, 10:04 PM
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i've never wanted anything rationale. Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 8,449 Joined: May 2004 Member No: 19,045 |
QUOTE(iheartsimba @ Mar 29 2005, 7:58 PM) well..mods can. but why would you delete it..if you can edit it? I don't know why you can't delete your own posts, but does it really matter if you have the edit button? =]  if you double/triple the samet post on accident...would save the mods some work! also, i HATE the flood control! i type too fast for it damnit |
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Mar 29 2005, 10:24 PM
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 白人看不懂 !!!! Group: Member Posts: 3,838 Joined: Aug 2004 Member No: 40,824 |
It's a very good thing you aren't allowed to delete your posts. It would CREATE chaos.
If you could delete your posts: Good: 1. You can destroy your double posts. Bad: 1. You can wreak havoc on the cB timeline. Suppose there is a chain of posts, and your post is right smack in the middle. If you deleted it, the thread would be very confusing (in cases) to the reader. 2. Like what Fae said above, it's to keep you from taking back what you said. 3. Mods are discouraged to delete posts, because it deletes the evidence. It goes the same for members. All in all, it is better that you can't delete. Be VERY VERY happy that you can EDIT! I have been in forums where u can't edit, and it SUCKS! |
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Mar 29 2005, 10:26 PM
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Senior Member Group: Member Posts: 961 Joined: Dec 2004 Member No: 68,057 |
F**cking smarta** ...i mean thanks for sharing
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Mar 29 2005, 10:33 PM
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in love. unfortunately Group: Member Posts: 459 Joined: Mar 2005 Member No: 112,979 |
But doesn't cB have some sort of backup, or record of all the posts, so they can see the evidence, deleted or not, whenever they want to?
also about why you would delete it. If you decide your post is stupid and you want to delete it since it was stupid, you can't. And if you are the thread starter and people have posted after you, you can't just change it to *edited* which is what some people do in the middle of threads. Plus liek accidental spam. Or if you want to add two of your posts into one, you can't because then your first post is just blank, and it is spam |
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| *autumn.* |
Mar 29 2005, 10:42 PM
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QUOTE(DaTru KataLYST @ Mar 29 2005, 10:24 PM) It's a very good thing you aren't allowed to delete your posts. It would CREATE chaos. If you could delete your posts: Good: 1. You can destroy your double posts. Bad: 1. You can wreak havoc on the cB timeline. Suppose there is a chain of posts, and your post is right smack in the middle. If you deleted it, the thread would be very confusing (in cases) to the reader. 2. Like what Fae said above, it's to keep you from taking back what you said. 3. Mods are discouraged to delete posts, because it deletes the evidence. It goes the same for members. All in all, it is better that you can't delete. Be VERY VERY happy that you can EDIT! I have been in forums where u can't edit, and it SUCKS! you can still "achieve" the bad things when you edit a post. |
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Mar 29 2005, 10:43 PM
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Senior Member Group: Member Posts: 961 Joined: Dec 2004 Member No: 68,057 |
-deleted
-not spam -we have a preview button? |
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Mar 29 2005, 10:46 PM
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in love. unfortunately Group: Member Posts: 459 Joined: Mar 2005 Member No: 112,979 |
^^ well that is fabulous.
 is that spam tho?
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Mar 29 2005, 10:46 PM
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 It's mytime2fly~* Group: Member Posts: 141 Joined: Mar 2005 Member No: 119,350 |
yah..but i guess thats what the "preview post" thing is for ^^
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Mar 29 2005, 10:48 PM
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白人看不懂 !!!! Group: Member Posts: 3,838 Joined: Aug 2004 Member No: 40,824 |
but once you edit it, it leaves a physical and a command trail to keep as evidence.
So you say "f**k YOU JEFF!!" and edit it, I'LL KNOW!!! grr! (actually I won't so dont try it) Ok the real goodthing about edit is that for editing you have to think up of something else to say, while deleting it is just deleting and you dont have to think of another post to type. Get it? It consumes brainpower and most people are too lazy to edit their stuff. Think how many times people would use the 1-click-solves-all 'delete button'. |
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Mar 29 2005, 10:51 PM
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in love. unfortunately Group: Member Posts: 459 Joined: Mar 2005 Member No: 112,979 |
^^ lol yes i hate that. I'm usually like well, my post before was stupid so now I'm gonna say..hmm..
lol  QUOTE(_time2fly @ Mar 29 2005, 9:46 PM) yah..but i guess thats what the "preview post" thing is for ^^ Yeah but that's not why some people delete posts. I mean if they like made a typo or something they wanna fix and they don't preview it they can just edit it. But if we say something really mean or in my case really stupid, it would be a lot easier to just delete the post. But I can totally understand why we can't, it would cause a ton of problems! |
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Mar 29 2005, 10:55 PM
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Senior Member Group: Member Posts: 961 Joined: Dec 2004 Member No: 68,057 |
f**k you JEff!
Edit by DaTru KataLYST: I know!!! |
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Mar 30 2005, 03:58 AM
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 say maydayism. Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 7,447 Joined: Jun 2004 Member No: 26,344 |
I've been to other forums... and it's pretty confusing if someone deletes a post. So the edit button should be good enough. I think the "last edit by..." line should be default though. Sometimes normal members can't tell if that member has edited his/her post or not.
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Mar 30 2005, 04:05 AM
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 she doesn't even know Group: Member Posts: 501 Joined: Dec 2004 Member No: 72,065 |
rawr... yeah I was wondering when I first came here. Let's all delete posts. Think about the children. :p
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Mar 30 2005, 08:49 AM
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 Class of 2005!!! Group: Member Posts: 1,132 Joined: Jan 2005 Member No: 93,080 |
Yeah, but, when u said deleting it would cause havoc, Well, the same thing happens when someone edits it. Its like huh?? what?? so, yeah,
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Mar 30 2005, 09:48 AM
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 E=Fb Musicians Theory of Relativity Group: Member Posts: 711 Joined: Mar 2005 Member No: 109,045 |
QUOTE(iheartsimba @ Mar 29 2005, 9:58 PM) well..mods can. but why would you delete it..if you can edit it? I don't know why you can't delete your own posts, but does it really matter if you have the edit button? =] What if they double post? Would they just edit it to say "Oops, double post"? That could be miscontrued as spam. |
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