knowledge can be posted freely but NOT SHARED
any time someone on here corrects your grammar or usage, just remember they absolutely didn't get picked for peer review for anything to Nature
this post was submitted on 03 Sep 2025
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Shame induced by illiteracy
Very rarely anymore. Mostly only if I type it out and post before I realize it was stupid or completely wrong or if I mistook something, especially if it was obvious.
I deleted one once because I complained about someone by name, hoping someone else would have experience with them and could offer better advice.
I think it would have been relatively easy for them to find that post, which I didn't want to risk given that they could cause me harm by denying their services. It wouldn't have been hard to work out who I was given the context I provided.
I don't really post, so I don't think I've ever deleted a post. As for comments, I think I've only deleted duplicates.
The "because comments suck" reasoning is something I've never considered. It's surprising to me that people feel that level of investment or ownership over forum posts.
Shame, naturally
Cowardice and lack of accountability (even in a pseudonymous forum, which is just ridiculous, lol), usually. The polite and mature thing to do is to post something afterwards like "my bad, I misunderstood/was having a bad day/can be very silly at times/etc.". On the other hand, I'm using Redact on Reddit to change everything into nonsense because fuck Reddit. 🤷