• StrawberryPigtails@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
    22·
    19 days ago

    I’ve only ever deleted one comment I’ve made. I was having a bad day, I was being overly pissy and inflammatory, and the comment didn’t add anything to the conversation. If I had been the mod of that community, I would have deleted it and possibly banned myself. Since they didn’t, I did. Once I came to my senses.

    For the most part, though, I’m happy to leave my stupidity up for the future to see.

  • Libb@piefed.socialEnglish
    16·
    19 days ago

    I regularly notice how some people simply delete their post because they don’t like the way people are answering to it. It’s fine they don’t like those answers, it’s not fair they are given the power to mute them.

    I find that behavior annoying. Not because someone deletes their post. I mean, they’re free to do whatever they want, but because by doing so they also render the entire discussion unavailable.

    Like if all the other participants were submitted to their whims.

    Imho, a solution could be to let people delete their post but not the technical-something-whatever that made their post accessible to read and to answer. And so, no matter how shy or regretful the OP could ever be, people that have answered would not be dependent on their willingness to let them speak. And even if the OP was deleted other people would still be able to read the comments and maybe keep on discussing without te OP being involved.

    • Elaine@lemmy.world
      4·
      18 days ago

      More often than not this is the reason right here. I post, then go reload to see my post out in the wild. Sometimes it takes a minute to realize I must erase its existence.

  • 0x01@lemmy.ml
    11·
    19 days ago

    I’ve deleted a few, usually if I accidentally doxx someone or literally post the wrong place (like I intended to reply to one person but somehow the message was posted as a response to another)

  • nialv7@lemmy.world
    9·
    19 days ago

    I generally don’t, even when I am dead wrong - it was my opinion and I was an idiot, no need to hide away from my past mistakes.

    But I do delete my posts when I, for example, completely misunderstand what the OP is talking about, so I’m not adding anything to the conversation.

  • samus12345@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    9·
    19 days ago

    Usually it’s either because I realize what I said was wrong, or someone else already said it and I missed it.

  • fodor@lemmy.zip
    9·
    19 days ago

    I do after months or years because I don’t write them for posterity. I’m careless and fuck shit up a lot. Let the past fade into memory, or be forgotten, either way. This is not my blog.

  • Havatra@lemmy.zipEnglish
    8·
    19 days ago

    I’ll try and answer seriously, with some non-exclusive options, in no particular order:

    • Feeling ashamed, mostly because they’re realizing they’re either wrong or sounding stupid.
    • Not wanting controversial stuff related to them to be “saved” for others to find and use for scrutiny.
    • Honest mistakes (wrong community, thread, etc.)
    • The post becomes a cesspool in the comments.
    • Other personal reasons (feeling threatened, wanting a clean inbox, question got answered and they don’t care about historic purposes, etc.)

    These are just my guesses though, and I try and not delete anything personally. I’m aware that anything I put on the internet will be immortalized, and that the healthiest thing I can do is own both my mistakes and my opinions, even if I’m convinced of my stupidity or ignorance at a later time. I’m only a human after all, and doomed to talk before I think. Best I can do is to learn as much as possible from it, and hope that others can also learn from my actions.