NotSoObvious Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 People keep talking about threads that they will "delete later." How do I do this? I don't see how to delete a post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalanamak Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 You go back to your own post, pick edit, highlight and delete. After a thread has been up for a certain amount of time you can no longer do it. People post a sob story, get feed back, and then delete it so the world can't read about it for the next 60 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jane in NC Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 You go back to your own post, pick edit, highlight and delete. After a thread has been up for a certain amount of time you can no longer do it. People post a sob story, get feed back, and then delete it so the world can't read about it for the next 60 years. But is that really true? Recently I looked for a blog tutorial that I had used once upon a time. The blog is no longer functioning but with the "Way Back Machine" we were able to access it. There are other Internet caching devices so I'm not sure if deleting really deletes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pink Fairy Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 But is that really true? Recently I looked for a blog tutorial that I had used once upon a time. The blog is no longer functioning but with the "Way Back Machine" we were able to access it. There are other Internet caching devices so I'm not sure if deleting really deletes. But there is a difference between a casual search and a determined search. If you are determined you can probably find stuff, but for the average searcher deleting a post so that it won't live on forever is enough. I posted something recently that I plan to delete or at least modify in a couple of days, but if someone is desperate enough to use the wayback machine I'm okay with them reading it. I would never post anything that I absolutely couldn't stand for it to be somewhere on the internet for all time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalanamak Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 But there is a difference between a casual search and a determined search. If you are determined you can probably find stuff, but for the average searcher deleting a post so that it won't live on forever is enough. :iagree: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jane in NC Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 But there is a difference between a casual search and a determined search. If you are determined you can probably find stuff, but for the average searcher deleting a post so that it won't live on forever is enough. I posted something recently that I plan to delete or at least modify in a couple of days, but if someone is desperate enough to use the wayback machine I'm okay with them reading it. I would never post anything that I absolutely couldn't stand for it to be somewhere on the internet for all time. Exactly. I sometimes think that some people find a certain comfortable anonymity on the Internet--which may not really exist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
love2read Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 Doesn't that just delete the post and not the entire thread? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalanamak Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 Doesn't that just delete the post and not the entire thread? Right, thus you ask not to be quoted! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 I don't think the Wayback Machine people archive forums like this - in part because the forum keeps its own archives. But I agree that it's a bit risky... I wouldn't do it personally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 I don't think the Wayback Machine people archive forums like this - in part because the forum keeps its own archives. But I agree that it's a bit risky... I wouldn't do it personally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KidsHappen Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 You just have to remember to go back and delete it fairly quickly. I posted recently something that I fully intended to delete but by the time I got back to it, it was too late. It was not the end of the world for me. I don't post anything that is so private that I would have to worry if I didn't manage to delete it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audrey Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 (edited) But is that really true? Recently I looked for a blog tutorial that I had used once upon a time. The blog is no longer functioning but with the "Way Back Machine" we were able to access it. There are other Internet caching devices so I'm not sure if deleting really deletes. It doesn't. There are caching engines that will cache everything posted on any open site they troll. Some people think that going back and deleting the text of their posts will eliminate the evidence, but it doesn't. And frankly, IMO, deleting a post is juvenile and annoying. If you think you want to delete it, then why are you posting it in the first place? Either post it and own it like a grown up, post it privately in a PM to someone who you trust to give you feedback, or don't post it at all. :glare: Edited April 29, 2012 by Audrey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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