General Chat

...do people start a thread then delete for no reason. They waste their time and those who respond, time by the way we can never get back

I deleted because I had a phone call......is that ok with you?

Edit.......I think you know why I deleted the other one.

is there any other point to continuing this thread. if so, do tell :-)

Will Staffs delete this thread?
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I'll check tomorrow ;-)

Sometimes because someone makes uninvited comments that put a person off. I'm in Oz so I sometimes see what others don't.

Perhaps they find whatever they were looking for from another source before they check for answers on here.
Then to prevent further waste of time, they delete.
It would be so much better if they just posted to say so.

SUE M TELL DO TELL
SUE WITH NUMBERS TELL PLEASE

WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IS WHO HAS THE FASTEST
FINGERS,

I BEEN HERE WHEN A TRYING TO FIND IS POSTED AN BEFORE
I FINISH TYPING NAME TO DO SEARCH THERES 2 PAGE REPLY
HOW QUICK ARE SOME OF YOU

I sometimes delete a thread, I did the other night.

There are a number of reasons, ALL down to previous experience.

I need to go out/ to bed/ answer the phone and I have learned that leaving a thread that may be controversial in some way for an indefinite period perhaps overnight, will almost certainly lead to it turning nasty when someone realises I am not there to delete it if necessary...ie I pre-empt deletion.

I know that someone has 'followed' me onto the thread to continue an argument from somewhere else.

It is a 'topic' thread ( a news item maybe) and I realise it has already got or had a thread devoted to it.

Someone on the thread is being racist or homophobic, unduly sexist, obscene, misogynistic etc ..it is quicker and easier to 'eliminate' them in an instant than have to report them and 'work around' the RR'd post.

The thread is argumentative, peopled by idiots who are too dense to string an intelligent sentence together, and it's MY thread so I CAN delete.

This last I don't often have as the reason for deletion, but it has certainly happened in the past :-)

Edit: I will allow however that if one has just typed a long reply and the thread goes just as one presses 'send' it can be very frustrating :-)

Because we can.

Staffs Col ...You`re not answerable to anyone if you delete a thread.
Why should you be matey? ;-)

Please don't give me that old thing about..
"Common courtesy demands an answer".
Not on a "Chat" board surely not, "General chat" is more about informality, mind you, that doesn't` mean you can afford to be discourteous towards others though.
:-D

Thare is another reason which I missed out,

Sometimes it is all I can do ( having something of a temper) to stop myself being 'sharp', if I delete the thread it removes the temptation to 'lose it' and spill the beans as to 'where the bodies are buried' .

Probably best in that instance that I don't answer? :-)

:-) :-) :-) @ Rose

Morning Rose btw :-D


Morning Rose... Mmm sounds like a nice name for a flower that does. :-D

I have deleted before, sometimes I am asked to remove a post/thread, also I post and feel it is not a post that should have been added, also and I will be truthful I am known for Happy, fluffy, fun threads which I personally like, but feel when I post on other threads with my own opinion, and yes I do have a serious side, not very often that my posts are looked down upon, sorry but thats how I feel and it is not a nice feeling....but you know what I rise above it and move on.....Im more cautious where I post because I feel sometimes my serious side is not wanted to be listened to or heard hence why I delete sometimes........

By the way this is not a woe is me on a thread, that is not what I am all about :-D :-D :-D

Morning Budgie :-)

Morning Mersey :-) perhaps I'm the opposite? lol, I mostly post 'serious' things so feel that it is sometimes wrongly assumed I have no sense of humour nor appreciate the lighter side of life lol :-)

Mersey get a grip gal :-D

We all have an opinion and the right to express it,
if others don't like it that's their choice, which they
are entitled to...... have your say whatever <3 :-D

Same goes for you Rose..I find you very funny :-D
in a funny sort of way <3 ;-)

LOL Golden Girl, :-) :-)

Emms dont you ever change!! I luvsya :-) <3 even if you dont share your After Eights :-) <3