# Deleting a post when within edit grace period

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/deleting-a-post-when-within-edit-grace-period/113036>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [March 31, 2019, 3:01am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/deleting-a-post-when-within-edit-grace-period/113036 "2019-03-31T03:01:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![seanblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@seanblue](https://meta.discourse.org/u/seanblue)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2019, 3:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/deleting-a-post-when-within-edit-grace-period/113036/3 "2019-03-31T03:09:48Z")

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> [@Simsnet](#):
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> 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.

> [@Simsnet](#):
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> or to allow forum staff to investigate any hateful msgs

In my experience people tend to read the deleted message before it disappears. Sometimes people delete messages when they think more on what they just posted, but if the delete history is there people will still read it (allowing more people to read the hateful message, if that’s what it was). Maybe the posts could still be made visible to staff, but not regular users. 🤔

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I’m not necessarily asking for the functionality to be changed by the way, I’m just curious what the reasoning was.

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