DandomRude@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 month agoHave you ever had fruitful discussions cut short because OP deleted the post? If so, is this a fundamental problem or just an annoyance?message-squaremessage-square56fedilinkarrow-up1105arrow-down12
arrow-up1103arrow-down1message-squareHave you ever had fruitful discussions cut short because OP deleted the post? If so, is this a fundamental problem or just an annoyance?DandomRude@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 month agomessage-square56fedilink
minus-squareAwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month ago Post style, metadata, and residual data Anybody who’s willing to put in that much effort could just set up an instance and scrape it from the start. You’re not getting any protection either way.
minus-square9tr6gyp3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 month agoExactly. Just do that then. Meanwhile, let me manage data on my instance as I see fit. If i want to delete it from my instance, then thats up to me.
minus-squareAwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoYou seem to have missed the whole point of this discussion, which is that it sucks for other people.
minus-square9tr6gyp3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 month agoI get you want to keep the data, but I dont. We’re at odds. Thats all. Simple. Agree to disagree. We don’t have to align on this.
Anybody who’s willing to put in that much effort could just set up an instance and scrape it from the start. You’re not getting any protection either way.
Exactly. Just do that then.
Meanwhile, let me manage data on my instance as I see fit. If i want to delete it from my instance, then thats up to me.
You seem to have missed the whole point of this discussion, which is that it sucks for other people.
I get you want to keep the data, but I dont. We’re at odds. Thats all. Simple. Agree to disagree.
We don’t have to align on this.