MN deleting threads on OPs request

Hello @MiniFig,

We delete threads for a variety of reasons. If it was at the OP's request, it's usually that they've written in to us and are worried that the information they provided was too outing or that they have already been outed in real life.

We also often get requests to delete a thread if it's ended up in the tabloids, understandably.

Less frequently, we get people who have just regretted posting for one reason or another and are finding the whole thing incredibly stressful. We do try not to delete entire threads as we know how annoying it is when users have taken time to offer advice and support and then the whole thread just vanishes. Also, where possible, we like threads to stay up so they are there for anyone coming along in the future who might have the same problem and benefit from the advice given. So it is a last resort, but we've no wish to make anyone's life any harder than it already is, so if someone is really distressed we'll do what we can to help. That might be editing a thread or moving it for them or if there's no other solution, we do sometimes delete threads in their entirety.

Hope that gives you a bit more info into it all anyway.

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MN deleting threads on OPs request