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Community behaviour around deletion of posts (lemmy.radio)

submitted 4 weeks ago by vk6flab@lemmy.radio to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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As a regular contributor to discussion across a wide spectrum of Lemmy (and other fediverse) communities, I've come to see some people who will submit a post, get replies and then delete that post.

While I understand that this is a feature of the platform, in my opinion, it's extremely disrespectful to anyone who took the time to provide a considered, or otherwise, response.

While we're building a global community, is there any appetite to discourage such behaviour, or are we okay with this experience?

One idea might be to update the platform to "zombie" a post when its author deletes it, leaving it exactly where it is, but removing the author.

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[–] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 23 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

There's also someone, or some people, clearly practicing their creative writing or something. Usually they make an account, post something weird to asklemmy or a similar community, and then delete it within 4 hours or so.

Usually it's a "stupid" or obvious question, with some vaguely contreversial twist. Like "My boyfriend has problems with how many guys I've fucked... but I also used to be a sex worker". Stuff that's within the realm of possible, but not particularly common, or where you'd expect the asker to already be aware of the answer/reason.

They get a few hours of engagement, most of the time don't engage in the comments, then delete the whole thing.

[–] SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

So I'm 30 and dating a 21-23 yo. Should this be illegal??

[–] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 4 weeks ago

Lol, exactly.

And for a completely unasked for ramble: Someone better call the cops because my wife is over a decade older than me. Causes some minor mess here and there in the relationship, but nothing major. Almost every relationship worth having will have some mess now and then.