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Yes. I've refused those requests because I think that even though they were only conversation requests, other people took part in them. I kind of feel like everyone involved in the conversation should be consulted before the whole thread is deleted - I know that's a big job but it's not just the poster making the deletion request that is affected.
In that thread there is some good advice and a few good links for people who might also feel the same way, and whilst I can understand the desire of the poster concerned to delete previous discussions about difficult times, I also feel that the board benefits from this kind of discussion.
The real problem here is that once you've been here long enough you'll almost definitely start to hold different opinions or be in different circumstances in your life than you did or were when first posting.
I am not sure whether a poster has the 'right' (and I use that word loosely) to 'edit' the board to suit their current world-view or circumstance, and I think that by signing up to and posting on a message board you almost 'have' to accept that what you say will be recorded in the annals of the site, whether you feel that way in a few years time or not.
Actually, I think this might be a much bigger conversation. At what point do we, as a site, say we no longer accept post editing? It's one thing to edit a post you made last night when you came home from the pub and were cross, and quite another to re-read everything you ever wrote and delete the things that make you feel uncomfortable a few years down the line.
The other people participating in any given thread are signing up to a conversation that they understand is going to be recorded in history and available on archive. Unless everyone in the discussion is agreed, I really think it's not helpful for the site to delete personally difficult threads. |
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