You can edit posts, why not delete them?

Scratch12300

What if the topic was resolved, or you made a mistake and some statements were false? You can edit your post, so I don't see any reason not to add a “Delete” button. Besides, you can just edit it and make it say “Post deleted”. So…

scimonster

Well, if the topic was resolved, it's better to just close it, so that other people can learn. I thought there was a delete button for Scratchers…

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No, actually, there isn't (hence my blanked post @ bharvey's thread about the infamous comic).

jvvg

You used to be able to delete your posts after 24 hours. However, a glitch started where you could delete EVERYONE's post after 24 hours. Because of this, deletes have been disabled until they can fix this.

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Scratch12300

jvvg wrote:
You used to be able to delete your posts after 24 hours. However, a glitch started where you could delete EVERYONE's post after 24 hours. Because of this, deletes have been disabled until they can fix this.

Oh, thanks. LOL!

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