# Deleting posts within the grace peroid should instantly delete them

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/deleting-posts-within-the-grace-peroid-should-instantly-delete-them/41476
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [March 23, 2016, 12:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/deleting-posts-within-the-grace-peroid-should-instantly-delete-them/41476 "2016-03-23T12:59:01Z")
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### Author: ![Drew\_Warwick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/drew_warwick/32/80591_2.png) [@Drew\_Warwick](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Drew_Warwick)
#### Post date: [March 23, 2016, 8:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/deleting-posts-within-the-grace-peroid-should-instantly-delete-them/41476/3 "2016-03-23T20:41:41Z")

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> [@codinghorror](#):
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> Too easy to grief with what you are proposing. Reply with something mean, then delete it after 4 minutes.

People can already do that by posting something nasty and then editing it out with something normal before the grace period expires. Either way, I wouldn’t see it being much of an issue if the grace period was changed to what was discussed in another thread:

> [@Do moderators see the latest version of a flagged post when reviewing reports or the post as it was when it was flagged?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/do-moderators-see-the-latest-version-of-a-flagged-post-when-reviewing-reports-or-the-post-as-it-was-when-it-was-flagged/40838/5):
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> > [@Do moderators see the latest version of a flagged post when reviewing reports or the post as it was when it was flagged?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/do-moderators-see-the-latest-version-of-a-flagged-post-when-reviewing-reports-or-the-post-as-it-was-when-it-was-flagged/40838/4):
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> > Might be off my rocker here, but what if, we changed the logic for the grace edit window to only apply if no flags are on the given post and it is within the edit time frame?
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> This is an excellent suggestion, grace period should simply reset after a post is flagged. It eliminates an element of griefing. Though, in practice I have never seen this pattern but you never know and people can be krazy.

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