Missing Feature

[Mazerati]

This is more or less a question for the admin (or 'Jordan'), so; why do users/members not have the ability to delete their posts? Seems like an obvious thing to have.

 

[DGiant2000]

You can always just edit it and write 'deleted' if you really want to retract a statement, or better still correct what you wrote and give a reason why.

 

[Mazerati]

You can always just edit it and write 'deleted' if you really want to retract a statement, or better still correct what you wrote and give a reason why.

That seems quite pointless, when simply adding a 'delete' button can't possibly be difficult. Especially for someone who has 'built' up a forum.

Btw, that Avatar is VERY creepy.

 

[prisonermonkeys]

This is more or less a question for the admin (or 'Jordan'), so; why do users/members not have the ability to delete their posts? Seems like an obvious thing to have.

Because people can abuse it. If someone takes issue with another person and a flame war starts, all they have to do is post something abusive or derogatory, wait until they are sure their intended victim has seen it, and then remove it before the moderators can take action.

Besides, there's no real point to giving users the ability to delete their own posts. Why on earth would they use it?

 

[BobK]

That seems quite pointless, when simply adding a 'delete' button can't possibly be difficult. Especially for someone who has 'built' up a forum.

Your intimate knowledge of vBulletin's database structure and and code leads you to this conclusion, right?

 

[Mazerati]

Because people can abuse it. If someone takes issue with another person and a flame war starts, all they have to do is post something abusive or derogatory, wait until they are sure their intended victim has seen it, and then remove it before the moderators can take action.

Besides, there's no real point to giving users the ability to delete their own posts. Why on earth would they use it?

That's a fair point (about the abusive messages) you made.

Your intimate knowledge of vBulletin's database structure and and code leads you to this conclusion, right?

If you're going to come out with childish remarks, then i'm just, simply, going to ignore you.

 

[Jordan]

As interludes said, I always want it to be clear when and where a post existed. Otherwise, angry users could delete posts, making the post record appear disjointed and nonsensical. (Note that the staff can review all previous revisions of all edited posts and can also view the contents of posts which were publicly removed by themselves or other members of the staff.)