OPs deleting original thread

LightFlare

Is it just me that gets annoyed by this or am I not alone ?

There needs to be something in place (appart from quoting) to stop this happening.

An option to “blacklist”/ignore certain posters would be handy (is there one?)

Really grates me that people spend time and effort responding, just for the OP to have a paddy and change it to “please delete me”

Rant done

Flugelhorn

just quote them - I moderate another forum and when I know that the response will include a lot of thought and advice I always quote the original post in the reply - at least we then have pone copy of it 

elsien

There is an ignore list under your privacy settings. Stops you seeing direct posts but you will still see other people quoting them.
As for the deleting the first post thing, sometimes people do it because they realise they’ve given too much information away which is fair enough. Other people are just throwing their toys out the pram because they don’t like the answer. The option is for someone else to quote the first post so it is still available to read unless the whole thread gets deleted. I tend to not feel strongly enough to do that unless  someone is saying something particularly silly and you feel it’s too misleading and needs correcting.

Dustyevsky

Good post, elsien!

LightFlare said:

An option to “blacklist”/ignore certain posters would be handy (is there one?)

You could always read the Rules Section!

fatbelly

I guess it's their thread. They can do what they like

DullGreyGuy

Previously you could often find the post in Google's cache hence could reinstate it in a quote but think MSE got bored with the number of complaints about this and now google no longer caches the forum

Undervalued

LightFlare said:

Is it just me that gets annoyed by this or am I not alone ?

There needs to be something in place (appart from quoting) to stop this happening.

An option to “blacklist”/ignore certain posters would be handy (is there one?)

Really grates me that people spend time and effort responding, just for the OP to have a paddy and change it to “please delete me”

Rant done

Another forum I belong to allows a short period of time in which the OP can delete their post (half an hour or so unless anybody has replied). If there has been a reply then the OP's only option is to plead exceptional circumstances to the administrator.

I strongly feel that this is a public discussion forum and not a confidential advice service and in all but the most exceptional circumstances posts should remain.

GingerTim

Undervalued said:

LightFlare said:

Is it just me that gets annoyed by this or am I not alone ?

There needs to be something in place (appart from quoting) to stop this happening.

An option to “blacklist”/ignore certain posters would be handy (is there one?)

Really grates me that people spend time and effort responding, just for the OP to have a paddy and change it to “please delete me”

Rant done

Another forum I belong to allows a short period of time in which the OP can delete their post (half an hour or so unless anybody has replied). If there has been a reply then the OP's only option is to plead exceptional circumstances to the administrator.

I strongly feel that this is a public discussion forum and not a confidential advice service and in all but the most exceptional circumstances posts should remain.

Agreed. Another forum I use has a policy of restoring all posts deleted by an OP in a thread, on the basis that it's a fundamental lack of respect to people who give their time to provide advice.

LightFlare

Dustyevsky said:

Good post, elsien!

LightFlare said:

An option to “blacklist”/ignore certain posters would be handy (is there one?)

You could always read the Rules Section!

I’ll bite - which rule in particular do you think applies to my vent ? Genuinely curious.

I accept people may wish to edit a post if they realise they have revealed too much personal info.
 Far too often people delete posts (and get whole threads removed) because they either got the answer they wanted or just didn’t agree with the answers/advice they received

Thanks

Pollycat

LightFlare said:

Dustyevsky said:

Good post, elsien!

LightFlare said:

An option to “blacklist”/ignore certain posters would be handy (is there one?)

You could always read the Rules Section!

I’ll bite - which rule in particular do you think applies to my vent ? Genuinely curious.

I accept people may wish to edit a post if they realise they have revealed too much personal info.
 Far too often people delete posts (and get whole threads removed) because they either got the answer they wanted or just didn’t agree with the answers/advice they received

Thanks

LightFlare said:

An option to “blacklist”/ignore certain posters would be handy (is there one?)

Here - always helpful to read the rules on a forum you're posting on:

Forum rules

• How do I 'ignore' another user?

  You'll come across other posters on any Forum, whose posts you simply don't like or want to read. The Forum has a useful 'ignore' feature which means you can opt to not see a user's posts. To add someone to your ignore list, click their username, view their profile, click on the downward arrow in the red button and select ignore – all done!

  Of course, if someone is breaking the rules in their posts, use the report feature. Don't PM (private message) or engage publicly with people you've taken a dislike to – if you do and it breaks the rules, we may infract your account. Instead, use 'ignore' and move on.