Thread: deleting posts
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03-17-2006, 08:02 PM
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Well for one, their post count will increase, and this is probably not a legitimate reason. To sum it for you...it's the same reason that when you delete a member their post don't get deleted either. Why? because if someone deletes their posts, then the forum will become very confusing. Example: if someone deleted their post, it's like deleting a part of a conversation, it won't make any sense to the other people that read that thread. And edit and deleting of posts is slightly different, if someone edits their posts and the conversation doesn't make any sense, then one can conclude that he/she edited their post, its common sense. It's not a big deal allowing people to delete their posts...if they really want to they could edit their posts, but at least other people would see why the conversation doesn't make sense. And that's my point to this.
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