I think the idea behind the feature is to allow the OP to keep the comments on topic, but more often than not it's abused, and more often than not the off-topic comments are funny and/or interesting. And though I don't like it when my own posts are deleted, I suppose I understand its purpose.
If and when I ever make stories, I pretty much refuse to ever delete anything.
Yeah, I can't really think of a way around the keeping on topic thing. I totally get that it would be annoying for some of the OPs.
Problem is, many people abuse it.
I figure the reason that OPs have the option to delete posts is because if there was no option, moderators would be inundated with requests to delete posts, or whatever. Maybe I'm wrong, but I thought that must be why there's the option.
I thought having the option to delete posts with a certain amount of negative votes would be a bit more userful. It's not a perfect suggestion, I'm sure there's stuff wrong with it.
You're right, it probably does help ease the moderation queue. But relegating deletion to comments with negative thumbs sort of negates the purpose of deleting, and it wouldn't help keep things on topic because off-topic comments are often funny or interesting.
I think the only options are to leave it as it is, or remove the feature entirely.
It annoys me when people delete posts
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I think the idea behind the feature is to allow the OP to keep the comments on topic, but more often than not it's abused, and more often than not the off-topic comments are funny and/or interesting. And though I don't like it when my own posts are deleted, I suppose I understand its purpose.
If and when I ever make stories, I pretty much refuse to ever delete anything.
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Yeah, I can't really think of a way around the keeping on topic thing. I totally get that it would be annoying for some of the OPs.
Problem is, many people abuse it.
I figure the reason that OPs have the option to delete posts is because if there was no option, moderators would be inundated with requests to delete posts, or whatever. Maybe I'm wrong, but I thought that must be why there's the option.
I thought having the option to delete posts with a certain amount of negative votes would be a bit more userful. It's not a perfect suggestion, I'm sure there's stuff wrong with it.
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You're right, it probably does help ease the moderation queue. But relegating deletion to comments with negative thumbs sort of negates the purpose of deleting, and it wouldn't help keep things on topic because off-topic comments are often funny or interesting.
I think the only options are to leave it as it is, or remove the feature entirely.