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Ask HN: Why am I unable to delete my submissions after a period of time?
Does anyone know the reasoning behind this?
- hobs 11y agoJust like most things on HN, once you have submitted it (either comment or article) it becomes the record. You have a limited time to edit things, but after some time you could go back and "rewrite" the conversation, this type of thing prevents that.
- anc84 11y agoDeleting content disrupts conversation, see eg [deleted] on Reddit where people can delete their posts anytime.
- cJ0th 11y agoyeah, but if you could delete a post that received 0 upvotes [i.e. nobody values it] and not a single comment then deleting it wouldn't annoy anybody.
- DanBC 11y agoSome people game the system. Allowing people to delete and resubmit articles is another opportunity for people to game the system.
- milankragujevic 11y agoI used to do that before, not knowing that it's against the rules. I don't do that anymore.
- dang 11y agoThank you!
- deleted 11y ago[deleted]
- masters3d 11y agoThink of it like sending an email. You can't edit it once you send it.