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Ability to delete your own threads?

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Balbertt
Posts: 1585 - Karma: 4,723
I am sure this has come up before, but why is the reasoning behind not being able to do it? A lot of times we make a dumb ass thread when your high or drunk and you just want it gone. Maybe you should get 1 thread delete a month or something. anyone?
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eheath
Posts: 61955 - Karma: 126,717
I mean, it could be a good idea but I think it would mean a complete overhall of the forum, which would take months of work. Just pm a mod, one is usually always online.
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Mr.Bishop
Posts: 22738 - Karma: 77,008
Theoretically its not *that* bad once we're doing an overhaul (which is actually happening soon).

Thing is, most times this has come up people state they don't want a self delete/self edit feature. They like the fact that once its up on NS, you committed to it.
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Nieds
Posts: 832 - Karma: 1,926
Exactly this. If we had the ability to delete threads a lot of the good threads would probably get deleted because people realize how stupid they are. Like the solid 7 thread.
12 years ago
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00000000
Posts: 11075 - Karma: 82,508
There would probably also be an influx of horrible threads / posts if people can quickly delete or edit them.
12 years ago
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snwbrdmilf
Posts: 22441 - Karma: 2,814
If you want your thread deleted, you can just ask a mod to delete it for you.
12 years ago
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Mr.Huck
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12 years ago
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snwbrdmilf
Posts: 22441 - Karma: 2,814
I can has 'slap' button? Pls?
12 years ago
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Mr.Huck
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I thought you already had that.
12 years ago
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S.Ki
Posts: 2261 - Karma: 3,918
You sure do make a shitload of dumb threads but if you were able to delete them, noone would be able to see them. Just pm a mod on the next day what you want delteted. Same shit happenend to me when some friends messed with my account, I had to pm the mods to delete everything
12 years ago
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Balbertt
Posts: 1585 - Karma: 4,723
yeah I do, I need to stop.
12 years ago
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.frenchy
Posts: 18231 - Karma: 12,403
This thread has been made so many times, do you not get that if you could delete your own thread then you could just delete epic threads?
12 years ago
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gpitcher
Posts: 2626 - Karma: 1,691
There are positives and negatives to both sides of the issue.

I'd like to have control over my threads. Especially if I create a thread that is asking a question, I get my question answered, then I delete it. Or if I made a mistake, things could be fixed or edited.

-The edit feature would be really nice, I see countless threads every single day with mistakes, and the first post in the thread has nothing to do with the thread, just calling out the mistake was made. People imbed videos incorrectly all day long as well.

I guess most of the negatives deal with irresponsible people making stupid threads and then deleting them quickly.

When I think about it, there could have been legendary threads that didn't exist, because they could have been deleted previously.

But I don't agree that when some 12 y/o kid posts something really dumb, and then people start ripping the shit out of him, and he cant delete it after he realizes he made a mistake.


12 years ago
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Byron_tha_gr8
Posts: 4573 - Karma: 14,304
I think BST threads should be allowed to be closed or maybe deleted. The sale is over, and its annoying as shit dealing with people pming me 6 months later even after i posted that i was done.

However, nowhere else. Imagine if Skiierman could change his faunt.
12 years ago
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theblackrod
Posts: 2162 - Karma: 575
I agree with this. Only in WTB/BST

Some of the legendary threads would have never happened with a delete button
12 years ago
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