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You can, but only briefly. HN gives you a short “oops window” to delete comments. Officially it’s for typos. Unofficially it’s a dignity rollback mechanism for
by threethirtytwo 10mo ago
You can, but only briefly. HN gives you a short “oops window” to delete comments. Officially it’s for typos. Unofficially it’s a dignity rollback mechanism for people who realized mid-thread that they don’t actually understand what they’re talking about.
- pinkmuffinere 10mo agoTo be fair, i appreciate both types of deletions. If somebody feels they were just adding noise, Im very happy if they can reduce that noise.
- reactordev 10mo agoI confess to using it under both circumstances at times. Sometimes you think you know…
- pinkmuffinere 10mo agoSame, I’ve made dumb comments and repented before. Better than not repenting.
- jakelazaroff 10mo agoEh, even when I understand what I'm talking about, sometimes I submit a comment and then instantly realize "you know what, I actually don't want to debate this with a random stranger on the Internet".
- threethirtytwo 10mo agoPeople will never admit they don't know what they're talking about.
- BitsAndObjects 10mo agoI don’t know what you’re talking about… ;)
- dfxm12 10mo agoI don't understand every comment as an invitation to debate. You can just not respond to people if you don't want to.
- jakelazaroff 10mo agoThe point is that sometimes I only realize I don't want to after I hit the "reply" button!