Deleting/Editing comments on saves?
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okay, i'm not sure if this has been suggested before, but i think you should be able to edit/delete your own comments:
the idea is, a comment made by you would have a icon in the corner (maybe a pencil, or a gear), and when you click it it allows you to edit/delete that comment.
when you edit and save a comment, the comment would change to have a sign by the name that would say (edited). when you delete the comment, the text would either change to say (deleted) or simply dissapear.
Thanks!
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This would be nice to have, but unfortunately any changes to the website are impossible. I don't have server access to make any changes like this.
Also i'm not sure about deleting comments, but I think editing comments (with a message saying you edited it) would be fine. Moderators can always delete comments. -
thanks for the response!
i was also kind of skeptical on deleting comments,but i included it in my post in case anyone found it a good idea.
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@Potbelly (View Post)
I disagree, deleting comments can cause issues. If other people already responded to the deleted comments, you can make them look bad. You could also use it to hide what you did from moderators.
Your example is bad, you shouldn't be an ass to anyone in the first place. While it might be nice to say users should be able to "self-moderate" and delete bad comments, I really don't expect many rule-breakers to actually delete their comments for us without causing issues. It's just best to wait for a mod to do it. -
what I was thinking when I suggested the editing the comments was if, say you made a typo, or if something you commented is now either outdated, wrong, etc. I imagine people would probably abuse this too, but it would probably be worked around in some way.
i don't like the idea of deleting your own comments as much, but if it was implemented, it would probably be tweaked until it was harder/impossible to abuse with it, like editing.
(keep in mind, this is for comments in saves, you can already edit comments on the site, obviously)
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Potbelly:@jacob1 (View Post)
Having refuted all of your reasons for not making the comments editable, will you concede?
Nice joke, but you didn't refute much, you ignored my main point ...
But yes, if comment deletions were allowed, moderators could still be allowed to view the deleted comments. We would have to make it a different system than moderator-deleted comments, which are actually deleted forever. But I still don't think users should be able to do that.Edited 2 times by jacob1. Last: 25th Nov 2017
