Nope, me either. Either try to clarify if there was a misunderstanding, which can be its own battle as people dig in very easily on the internet and don’t reread and realize it wasn’t what they thought. Or just let it be and move on, you said what you said.
Granted I have had a few rare deletions, but only because I totally missed the point and only saw it after posting. I do try to read over before hitting that button.
When I first moved to the Fediverse, I discovered that my comments didn’t actually delete. That is, I used to use the then-new Sync for Lemmy, and every time someone deleted their comment, it would still show the original comment, but flag it as “deleted by creator” or something like that.
I noticed some people got around that by editing their comment to just be a period or something and then deleting it. But I learned early on to be sure of my posts before posting, and not to bother arguing with people online as your comments might come back to haunt you if you were in the wrong. Once it’s posted online, it might as well be permanent. It’s much better to own up to your mistake in the comments than try to delete your comments.
I use Voyager for Lemmy now and I don’t see deleted comments anymore with this app. But I suspect they’re still in the system, recorded for posterity on someone’s instance.
Nope, me either. Either try to clarify if there was a misunderstanding, which can be its own battle as people dig in very easily on the internet and don’t reread and realize it wasn’t what they thought. Or just let it be and move on, you said what you said.
Granted I have had a few rare deletions, but only because I totally missed the point and only saw it after posting. I do try to read over before hitting that button.
Yeah, the only times I delete stuff is if someone else posted the same thing, or I completely misread something. Otherwise, I just let it be.
When I first moved to the Fediverse, I discovered that my comments didn’t actually delete. That is, I used to use the then-new Sync for Lemmy, and every time someone deleted their comment, it would still show the original comment, but flag it as “deleted by creator” or something like that.
I noticed some people got around that by editing their comment to just be a period or something and then deleting it. But I learned early on to be sure of my posts before posting, and not to bother arguing with people online as your comments might come back to haunt you if you were in the wrong. Once it’s posted online, it might as well be permanent. It’s much better to own up to your mistake in the comments than try to delete your comments.
I use Voyager for Lemmy now and I don’t see deleted comments anymore with this app. But I suspect they’re still in the system, recorded for posterity on someone’s instance.
Only time I delete is if I’ve broken a rule… because apparently I’m lawful good?