nothing is ever really deleted on the (public) internet. imo it's important to be able to retract a statement & it's important to be able to encourage folks to stop serving something in the normal viewing experience. but really everything is archived forever
yeah but the level of accessibility to scroll back and find the post that's upsetting... I have piles of screenshots bec otherwise I get upset when I can't tell whether I hallucinated or really saw something
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Reply · May 27, 2023yeah... but I do think the ambiguity & gaslighting effect of deleted posts is unhelpful- like, if deletion were in the interest of the "victim", they…Reply · Nov 18, 2021@paulg Edit button. (Or ideally a retract / rephrase feature that allows you to see the original if you dig into it) People say dumb things and then…Reply · Feb 24, 2023@cumputervillain ugh yeah kinda sometimes, it sucks. also they really need to distinguish "taking a break" from "delete forever" and let you post a…Reply · May 23, 2023awww thanks! I mean reposts are the least bad bec the content isn't gone just the thread gets broken if you wait till there are replies