Sometimes I'll delete a comment if someone's already made the shitty joke or I'm too stoned and misread the original post, it's usually the second one tho.
this post was submitted on 06 Jun 2025
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I've done it a few times over the years. Usually it's because I've written something I thought was funny or insightful but the hive mind disagreed and voted it down or worse. Sometimes I just don't fit into the social norms.
I assume because they didn’t stand by their comment or made a mistake. I misread a title on a post an hour ago. Rather than delete it, I edited and stated the mistake and put strikethrough on the text. I don’t delete the record; I amend it.
Almost every person I’ve had an argument/discussion with who goes through my past comments to try and find things to use against me when they’re losing has been someone who goes back and deleted all of their comments. I don’t think that’s a coincidence.
It contradicts my current argument
Probably multiple reasons. If it's a throwaway account they may want to cover the tracks. If it didn't get a response they were looking for, they may delete and recreate to avoid the double posting rules. They may have posted on the wrong account, or maybe the answer was so obvious they were embarrassed.
Perhaps its something embarassing or potentially very political which they don't want to remain on the internet forever.
I guess we can add a rule stating that "By participating in this community, you agree to give permission that all your posts/comments can be archived" like under Creative Commons rules. And have a bot automatically archive it.
But then again, there's an argument that this violates privacy.
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forgot the italics lmao 😁
Perhaps Lemmy should offer an option to delete the OP and retain comments?
I would also like to see some of the comments even after the original post is deleted if the post author is ok with leaving them up.
That would be nice.
I'll delete my replies when I've been eating too many crayons that evening and the reply ended up being dumb as dog shit...
Though, I'd consider deleting my posts now because AI is scouring this place and training on it I almost guarantee.
Lack of commitment
Can't reply to Some Amateur's removed comment, just want to say, I enjoyed your contribution! And that could indeed also be a valid reason
Because they later felt embarrassed by their question.