So that's what the delete button is for...
By Phyrre
@phyrre (2317)
United States
September 2, 2015 7:42am CST
I remember having this conversation with I want to say it was @topffer (though I could be wrong) about the addition of the delete button and what its merits and detriments were. Of course, there are two sides to every argument, and there was mention of deleting posts simply for disagreeing and whatnot. I'm also pretty sure I mentioned never having needed the delete button.
Well, today I had to use the delete button for the first time. Someone replied to my comment by copying and pasting part of my comment and that was it. Like I wouldn't notice? So I deleted those comments. I was actually rather glad to have the delete button in that instance as it added nothing to the conversation and was clogging up my comments and I wanted to get to the people who actually were responding to me. 
Have you found a need for the delete button yet? Are you perhaps a bit wary of having it because it's too much of a temptation to delete dissenters?
Have you found a need for the delete button yet? Are you perhaps a bit wary of having it because it's too much of a temptation to delete dissenters?14 people like this
14 responses
@Carmelanirel2 (8084)
• United States
2 Sep 15
I haven't had to delete a comment and if I were to use another's words as for using it as an example, I would put quotation marks around it and mention who wrote it if it wasn't clear.
Now the editing I absolutely love and everyone can relate to how important that is. I hate it when I make a typo and I made two of them this morning when a member pointed them out, so I corrected them.
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@phyrre (2317)
• United States
2 Sep 15
They didn't just use my words, they literally copied and pasted exactly what I said and that was it. xD Didn't add to the discussion or anything lol. I don't mind quoting but yeah.
Oh, I for sure love the edits! I type so fast that sometimes I completely mess up what I was trying to say (brain and fingers, why you no communicate well?) or I really flub up some word. I always like being able to edit just to clean up silly mistakes like that.
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@Carmelanirel2 (8084)
• United States
2 Sep 15
@phyrre I think copy and paste is fine as long as the one who wrote it gets the credit . That is how I wrote research papers (and trust me, my instructor was strict when it came to copyrights) but I had to put it in quotation marks and in parenthesis type who said it.
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@phyrre (2317)
• United States
2 Sep 15
@Carmelanirel2 No, no, copy and paste as a quotation is 100 percent fine if you're adding to it. For example, in your paper, even if you had properly cited it, if all you had done was copy what someone else had written and turned it in, you would've gotten a 0 for plagiarism. That's a quotation.
What this person did was copy the second paragraph of my response, paste it in a comment, and submit it. Then copy the third paragraph, paste it in another comment, and submit it. xD So they were literally just copying what I said and submitting that like it was their actual response to my comment.
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@owstalaga (4707)
• Philippines
4 Sep 15
Oh I just noticed it now. 
I only use edit but delete would definitely be useful. I'd probably report something first then delete it depending on how offensive it is. 
But nah... I think I'll rarely use it.
By the way, how come you and @topffer use the same "name"? 
I only use edit but delete would definitely be useful. I'd probably report something first then delete it depending on how offensive it is. But nah... I think I'll rarely use it.
By the way, how come you and @topffer use the same "name"? 1 person likes this
@owstalaga (4707)
• Philippines
4 Sep 15
@phyrre Oh I see... I saw another user with the same Bizarre [Random Number] name. Now I know there's just three of you. I hope you're not joking. 
I hope you're not joking. 1 person likes this
@phyrre (2317)
• United States
4 Sep 15
@owstalaga Yup, there's three of us. We're troublemakers...uh...I mean, we're innocent. We were falsely accused!
I'm not. :)
This is the comment from Owl that explains it (quoted from him, of course):
"Look, I don't mind you going off in a corner and having your own little chat group, but what will all those newcomers think? How the heck did we get from Screen Capture to Building Your Own Computer to who taught Phyrre's dad how to cook!???? MyLot should be able to detect this kind of topic hopping and automatically change the screen names of people who do it to Bizarre [random number] for a day (or longer, depending on how far they drift off topic!)" ~ Owlwings the Great
This is the discussion it happened on (which is actually an awesome guide that I highly recommend checking out anyway):
From time to time we are asked to “take a screenshot and post it” No, there are no needles involved and it’s not some kind of medicine! Those of you who are...
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@phyrre (2317)
• United States
4 Sep 15
I agree, I rarely use it, I was just amused that I commented that I thought I'd never use it and so shortly after I found a use for it. xD
We have the same name along with one other person because we got in "trouble" on another thread, and the user said that we were so random in the topics we discussed and hopped from topic to topic so much that MyLot should have an algorithm to determine users that do that and then name them "Bizarre [random number]" for a day to warn people. So this is our punishment doled out from them, because we are good little students. 
So this is our punishment doled out from them, because we are good little students. 1 person likes this
@allknowing (136446)
• India
3 Sep 15
I have used the delete button to rectify my wrong several times.
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@phyrre (2317)
• United States
3 Sep 15
@allknowing Oh, didn't think of that one! I do that a lot on Facebook, but I haven't done it on here yet. Yup, I can totally see using it for that one. :)
@allknowing (136446)
• India
3 Sep 15
@phyrre Sometimes I place my comment in the wrong slot
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@yugocean (9963)
• India
3 Sep 15
@topffer Do you think if comment is deleted by someone elsa and not GAA, then the person will be credited for comment ? Their earning will be fortified ? If yes then this is possible those people will avenge by deleting other's good comment.
Or better to report the spam post, or what
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@yukimori (10145)
• United States
4 Sep 15
@yugocean If the user is making a habit of posting spam, I report all of their activity. I think being able to see all of the posts makes it easier to see when someone has a pattern of breaking the rules. On the old site, we used to be able to include that information with our reports and point out the pattern to the moderator(s).
We don't get credited for comments. With the new algorithm, it all depends on the amount of interaction we receive from other members. The Earning Program FAQ states outright that posts that don't get any activity from other members won't earn.
In other words, the best way to deal with spammers is to ignore them.
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@LiamLeath (55)
• United Kingdom
2 Sep 15
I would only delete something or someone if it had something with spamming.
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@phyrre (2317)
• United States
8 Sep 15
There used to be a lot of that on the old MyLot, but I haven't seen a lot of blatant spamming like that so far. Maybe a couple user "posting mills" where they're trying to convince people to go to a certain site by posting a bunch of discussions around what the site is for. But it hasn't been horrible yet. Knock on wood. I probably totally just jinxed us now. I apologize. xD
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@rosekiss (30414)
• Eugene, Oregon
2 Sep 15
I haven't used the delete button for comments and responses, but I have used it to delete some old discussions of mine, that are no longer pertinent to me, and just simply outdated. I might eventually delete others, but I would prefer to eidt them and make them new discussions again. 
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@GajaGamini (1065)
• India
9 Sep 15
I haven't used it yet. But I think its a good initiative from Mylot before we were not able to delete any comment or discussion but now we have it so we can delete any spammy or unnecessary comments from our discussions.
Now admin have less things to do.
@yugocean (9963)
• India
3 Sep 15
I don't use delete button, if there is a spam, then better to report it to GAA using report button, after all people will be paid for comment, now if comment is deleted by someone (not GAA) then not sure if the person's earning will effect that way
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@cahaya1983 (11116)
• Malaysia
3 Sep 15
I've only been here a few days so I haven't had the need to delete anything. But I would delete anything spammy or copy-pasted, for sure. I'm actually happy to know the button exists.
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@phyrre (2317)
• United States
3 Sep 15
It's definitely nice to have it there, though I do admit that when I first saw it I thought to myself, "Well, now, I don't think I'll have a need for that. I can use the report function." But it turns out that there are indeed some uses for it. xD
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@wetnosedogs (1533)
• United States
3 Sep 15
For copy and paste and spam- I dislike spam so much, I would use the delete button
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