Posted by alexandra_k on August 25, 2005, at 19:08:33
In reply to And another issue - post deletion, posted by rainbowbrite on August 25, 2005, at 2:19:19
Yeah, I'm ambivalent...
On the one hand I'm glad that Dr Bob is very hesitant to delete posts. There are a lot of threads where people post stuff (about suicide, relationships etc) that they may come to feel a little silly about having posted later.
But having those threads in the archives may be of use to other people (incl. lurkers) who may be feeling the same way. If those kinds of posts were deleted then little sense could be made of the responses to that post as well...
On the other hand identifying information is hard. And what is identifying might change over time. I regret posting some things (because it is identifying) some times. Other times I guess I feel that it is more important for me to get it out.
So it is a hard one...
I don't know.
I guess I think that the optimal way around this issue would be to make small boards non-googleable and only viewable to members.
- It don't think it is the case that people will invariably choose private over publicly viewable. If that was the case then everyone from here would move over to PC (where all posts are non-googleable). Or over to Kali Munroe's site (where all posts are only viewable to members).
- I think that people will continue to post to the main boards especially with respect to requests for information and socialising with a wider audience.
- I think that that would be a terrific outlet for people who are concerned about posting stuff that may be identifying.
But I've said this before...
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