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Unlike on other sites, I don't participate here beyond anonymous throwaway comments because there's no freedom to delete my content. If sites don't allow that f
by add-sub-mul-div 3y ago
Unlike on other sites, I don't participate here beyond anonymous throwaway comments because there's no freedom to delete my content. If sites don't allow that freedom, it changes how or if people will participate.
If there is a delete button, it's fair game to use.
- Arnt 3y agoThere is a delete button for unanswered questions. As soon as someone else has put in effort and, the combined result is no longer yours to delete.
- add-sub-mul-div 3y agoI've never participated on SO, I don't know if you're saying that the site doesn't let you delete in that scenario, or if it's bad etiquette to delete. If the latter, I'd disagree and say it's my choice alone (unless the site reneges on the ability to delete.)
- Arnt 3y agoThe site doesn't let you.
- Arnt 3y agoI want to post a separate response to this. Yes, the lack of that changes how people participag on SO. I think it's a considerable reason why SO is the large resource that it is, with as many answers as it has. If askers could delete their questions (and thereby had the ability to make my answers un-google-able), I'm not sure I'd bother to answer, for example. Would you?