And it wasn't even my thread. The reason I am ticked off is because I cared about the issue, I spent a VERY long time composing a carefully worded response, then a short time later the thread is deleted, probably by the OP, since there was nothing objectionable in the thread to cause moderators to bury it. But we don't know, because it just vanishes as if it never existed.
So the 45min or so I spent are down the drain, and I will never get that time back. I feel all that effort was now a waste. :banghead:
The thread in question was here (link won't work now, of course):
http://ift.tt/1hmKE4M
Anyway, here is my point. Shouldn't there be a better way to do this? Not allow OPs to delete threads after a certain amount of time? Or only allow OPs to delete their posts but keep the thread intact? (that would at least keep the responses). Or at least keep a placeholder there so people at least know the thread was deleted?
I don't know what the best answer is. All I know is that I have been posting here for awhile, have some friends here, but am seriously reconsidering staying if the things I write can just be erased from existence on a whim. To add insult to injury, my response is EVEN ERASED FROM MY OWN COMMENT HISTORY as if it never even existed! I was seriously questioning my own sanity when I couldn't find it again. There has to be a better way to handle that at least!
So the 45min or so I spent are down the drain, and I will never get that time back. I feel all that effort was now a waste. :banghead:
The thread in question was here (link won't work now, of course):
http://ift.tt/1hmKE4M
Anyway, here is my point. Shouldn't there be a better way to do this? Not allow OPs to delete threads after a certain amount of time? Or only allow OPs to delete their posts but keep the thread intact? (that would at least keep the responses). Or at least keep a placeholder there so people at least know the thread was deleted?
I don't know what the best answer is. All I know is that I have been posting here for awhile, have some friends here, but am seriously reconsidering staying if the things I write can just be erased from existence on a whim. To add insult to injury, my response is EVEN ERASED FROM MY OWN COMMENT HISTORY as if it never even existed! I was seriously questioning my own sanity when I couldn't find it again. There has to be a better way to handle that at least!
Put the internet to work for you.
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