To think MNHQ should let us delete our own threads

[BeaFuddled]

Just gone to catch up with a thread I was on and found this message

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Hello and thanks for the replies to this thread. The OP is very grateful but has asked that we take it down now - we have agreed to remove it.
MNHQ

I'm seeing it more and more with no reason given so why don't @MNHQ treat us like grown ups and let us delete a thread we've started if we think it's too outing, taken a nasty turn, wish we hadn't started it or its run course.

Good idea?

Because you'd get people deleting a useful thread because they didn't like the responses they got.

Yep, I agree.

So? Pretty much every other forum allows people to delete their own threads.

Because it is unfair for people to put time and effort into posting then for the OP to have a tantrum because it is not going the way they wanted

I agree with you OP, it's very strange, don't know many online spaces where this is the case.

But suely if the OP deletes because they don't like the replies, it isn't a useful thread to them, only the PPs have found it useful?

But that's happening all ready with MNHQ increasingly deleting threads at the OP's request.

Plus this is a chat forum - people are just writing a response not drafting a treaty.

MN love to implement normal features years later than everywhere else. We only got the edit button last year, so the ability to delete threads might arrive at some point in the next decade. 😆

Or people could be allowed to just lock their threads so no further replies can be posted, rather than delete it.

My feeling is you should be able to delete your own content. Almost to the point of it being a human right.

However, MN would not be where it is if this was the case. A lot of people would delete their posts pretty sharpish.

I think new users should be informed at the point of posting that they can not delete the post without contacting MNHQ and making a request, which could be declined.

I think everyone should be allowed to delete anything they've written on the Internet quickly. MN are so far behind the times.

I agree, the OP should be allowed to delete.

That's a shit idea. As it will be filled with people ranting about something and then not allowing anyone to challenge them.

Everyone should be able to delete their own postings, without having to request and wait for someone to approve and get around to it.

So? If you’re the OP it should be up to you if a thread stands or not (and a pile on is rarely helpful)

That’s a better idea.
I think the option of deleting your own thread is just going to encourage the non genuine posters and will result in a lot more troll posts.

Fair enough. But I do think that when Mumsnet takes a thread down because it has got too heated, locking it would be a better option. Then it would gradually slide down and disappear anyway. But still be available to anyone who wants to read it.

But it's their thread to delete. If you don't like what people say to you in person you are allowed to walk away and "delete" the conversation.

Yes I think you should be allowed to delete a thread that you started for whatever reason.

I think lock it, and also delete the username.

well, i think it is great that they don't. And i think it's great that the edit function is a) timed out and b) you can see what they wanted to edit out. Useful sometimes.

If you don't like the MN Sandbox, find another?

Actually locking it is a better idea if you don't want any more comments.

If you want the thread to delete post it in 30 days only. If you don't want it visible to search engines post in Off the beaten track. If you want sensitivity post in Relationships or one of the specialist areas.

Unfortunately, instead of choosing the appropriate place for a thread. people just seem to start them in AIBU and then get pissed off when people talk to them frankly.

I don't think people should be able to delete threads because the replies can be really helpful to others.

i don't think it's a bad idea for threads to be locked rather than deleted. Sometimes a thread gets some really useful replies, that will be useful for other people not just the OP. Then it is a bloody shame if that vanishes.

I do think it would be helpful then for MN to lock the thread so the advice is still searchable.

This isn't social media - the thread doesn't "belong" to the OP. It belongs to MN as content and anyone else can read and find it useful. Or not.

I agree. I'm slowly erasing my internet presence, Facebook memories as they come up ,posts in groups etc. I asked for my posting history to be deleted and MN refused ; I'd love to be in control of my digital footprint

Ah fair enough it isn't social media so what we say isn't our own it belongs to mumsnet.