> I do hope people eventually come to the conclusion that everyone says regrettable things on occasion so they can stop digging through endless archives of comm

> I do hope people eventually come to the conclusion that everyone says regrettable things on occasion so they can stop digging through endless archives of comments and posts looking for dirt. I feel this is a huge component of why people want deletion. I don't think that's going to happen until society agrees that such digging is universally immoral. Until then, people are going to listen when the results are publicized.