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Except there's no way to determine if it's been resolved.

Well, the icon next to a thread changes from "?" to " " when the best answer has been selected. That means internally there is some sort of indication for an issue being resolved (meaning the best answer has been voted on).

Yeah, but the vast majority of topics end up without a best answer selected. That mechanic could work, if it were used better.

I agree with keeping them around for sure, I was never on the "let people delete their own stuff" bandwagon in the first place.

I think a much nicer feature would be to give us our own recycle bins that store our deleted posts until we choose to remove them permanently. This would be similar to the trash folder used for emails.

This means threads could be deleted all day by either the OP or a moderator, and we wouldn't need to worry about our own posts being lost. They just wouldn't be publicly available. This would give us the option to revive our lost posts as whole new threads.

I think this feature would reduce conflicts and make everyone happier.

This means threads could be deleted all day by either the OP or a moderator, and we wouldn't need to worry about our own posts being lost.

This is a bad idea. The majority of threads that are deleted are done so for very good reason. Giving our little haven of users that eat the brunt of deleted posts an inbox that shows them "nazi moderators" in action will only result in triggering these users' indignation further. There's a reason that we ultimately opted to stop notifying users of deleted posts. It's because it resulted in these users harassing moderators to the point where something as simple as deleting a single message would more often than not explode into a 30-90 day ban, or in several noteworthy cases, a permanent one.

Disabling the ability to move/delete posts within Developer Help would be a quick and fast solution with very little chance of abuse. Developer Help has always been a heavily moderated forum and because of how strictly patrolled it is, users have caught on to the fact that shitposting in Dev Help is a fast-track to being banned, resulting in it needing to be moderated less over time.

I disagree. When it comes to adding nice features for the community, we should NEVER make compromises with trolls. We can't let them hold us back. That's exactly what they want. If it makes them mad, then chances are, we are probably doing something right.

If a user is so problematic that they prevent an entire community from having nice things, then they should just be blocked, muted, or banned outright.

Everyone knows that a "quick and fast solution" is never the right way to go about something like this. It needs more thought, planning, and idealism.

Solving the problem at a higher level tends to result in less issues.

Done.

The problem that I have with the idea of preventing users from deleting their own posts is that it could be a potential privacy and security risk. If someone gained access to your account, they could potentially post your private information in the developer help forum. If this happened, you would have to wait for a moderator to take action, when it should really be removed as soon as possible.

Users should always have discretion when it comes to removing their own posts.

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This is a stupid argument.

This is a stupid argument.

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Stop and think about it for a minute. You can't delete other peoples' posts. If someone posted something that had your personal information in it on a key you don't own, you can't delete it anyway.

What if it was someone who physically had access to your computer? They would simply use your currently logged in account to make the malicious post, and even if you regained access, you wouldn't be able to do much about it yourself.

Generally, I'd agree. If it weren't for the fact that I have no discretion over my posts being deleted because someone wants to delete their thread and deprive the community of information that they could use for their benefit.

That's where the recycle bin feature comes in. In that case, this would no longer be an issue. You would still have access to your own deleted post, and could then make a new one.

Am I taking crazy pills here?

Quite possibly. I am concerned.