I have a quick question. There’s that grace period where you can edit your posts without it showing up in the edit history. Is there a reason (other than preventing accidental deletions) that deleting a post within that grace period doesn’t delete it right away, as opposed to marking it for deletion…

There is a short grace period for editing with no history, and a longer grace period for editing with public history report (anyone can see changes). I personally feel that the 24hr delete time allows for anyone to view the topic for a short period before no one else can, or to allow forum staff to…

[image] Simsnet: I personally feel that the 24hr delete time allows for anyone to view the topic for a short period before no one else can It could also just be a deleted post. So a whole topic isn’t necessarily going to disappear. [image] Simsnet: or to allow forum staff to investigate …

Deleting a post when within edit grace period

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codinghorror (Jeff Atwood) March 31, 2019, 3:12am 4

The reasoning is that deleting posts is a great way to grief people.

Post “Hey you all suck and you’re idiots!” as a topic (for max visibility) then delete it before people can flag it.

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Deleting a post when within edit grace period

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