Ability To Delete own posts and/or threads

[ForumMaster]

Hey mods. i think a really good feature might be to actually be able to delete your own post.

For example, sometimes people accidently double post. With such a feature that i'm proposing, posters themselves will be able to take care of it. Also, the ability to delete threads should help with the infamous R[/l] that people like to use so often.

I suppose it might be problematic from the simple reason that doing such a thing would also have to lower your post number? The more mature members that don't need a large post number to show off would use such a feature. I know i will. There have been times when i've posted something and regretted it. I can edit and simply say nvm, but being able to delete my own stuff might help.

Discuss.

 

[allisolm]

The potential for abuse seems... ginormous.

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: allisolm
The potential for abuse seems... ginormous.

abuse? how? you can only delete your own posts, not someone else's posts.

 

[ForumMaster]

yeah how allisolm? i think i've seen this used in other forums. only your own posts. i suppose maybe if you managed to hack a password of someone else but you can do much worse stuff then that.

what i meant is to be able to have a button near the reply, quote, top, bottom, edit the allows me to delete the my own post.

 

[allisolm]

1. "...but you said..."
'No, I didn't. There's no such post."

2. Someone posts "ponitfex ***** ***** and *****" when he knows pontifex is online," then deletes in a minute or two.

3. Spammers/bad people in general could post links to porn, phishing sites, viruses, etc disguised as other things and then delete them after a bit.

4. I can imagine lots of posting and deleting in P&N!

I'm sure you can come up with other examples. Where there's a way, there's always going to be folks who will use it.

 

[moshquerade]

Originally posted by: pontifex

Originally posted by: allisolm
The potential for abuse seems... ginormous.

abuse? how? you can only delete your own posts, not someone else's posts.

on other boards i have visited you could delete your own post but only if done within a certain amount of time, and only if no one had responded to you yet.

 

[allisolm]

Originally posted by: moshquerade
on other boards i have visited you could delete your own post but only if done within a certain amount of time, and only if no one had responded to you yet.

That would make more sense. I can still envision some problems, but I don't know what abilities the mods have, whether they could see deleted posts, identify deleters, etc. That's why I said the POTENTIAL for abuse is there.