Do you regularly delete your myLot posts?
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (343595)
Rockingham, Australia
July 5, 2017 11:15am CST
I consider myself lucky to have a number of friends on this site. Many regularly read my posts and leave a response or comment. Some seem to comment on most of my posts which is nice. I know it isn’t necessary to reciprocate but I like to when I can.
I now have two friends who seem to delete their posts as fast as they put them up. So when I go looking to post a comment on one of their posts, there is nothing to comment on. So I’m wondering what makes a member delete all, or virtually all, of their posts. I can’t remember deleting a post ever although I have deleted a comment once or twice when I thought I didn’t really want it going out into the ether.
So, do you regularly delete posts? And if so, do you have a particular reason for doing so?
The photo is of some spekky (spectacular) clouds which we saw yesterday as we neared the Pyrenees.
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42 responses
@LadyDuck (472386)
• Switzerland
5 Jul 17
I never delete my posts and I would never do, I think it's pretty rude toward those who took the time to leave their comments. May be someone wants to check what I wrote and what they said. I do not know why some people delete the posts, may be to recycle the content.
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@LadyDuck (472386)
• Switzerland
6 Jul 17
@Mike197602 I found rude when a user re posted an old discussion, not the same word, but pretending that some people left misleading comments. I knew what I had commented, but as she has deleted everything it was impossible to show her that she was wrong. In this case it was rude.
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@Mike197602 (15513)
• United Kingdom
5 Jul 17
I don't think it is rude.
I always delete my discussions after a few days but only after I've got back to every single response and also I keep it up if there is some continued dialogue going on.
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@LovingMyBabies (85288)
• Valdosta, Georgia
5 Jul 17
No I don't delete my posts. I have deleted one or two if it constantly got negative responses as I need positivity in my life right now. =)
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@Hate2Iron (15727)
• Canada
5 Jul 17
It never occurred to me to delete them. It's easier to write them than to delete them lol!
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@JudyEv (343595)
• Rockingham, Australia
6 Jul 17
I can't Imagine deleting them after all the trouble to write them.
@AbbyGreenhill (45494)
• United States
5 Jul 17
I have never deleted one here at all. I have no lcue why people do it but I have heard rumors that they repost them..
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@AbbyGreenhill (45494)
• United States
5 Jul 17
@JamesHxstatic But some here have good memories and remember what they read!
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@silvermist (19702)
• India
5 Jul 17
Usually I do not delete my posts.But recently I made up my mind to leave myLot. So then from 11,June I stopped posting discussions and deleted all me discussions,But then I came back and started posting discussions from July 1,
I am planning to post more discussions from tomorrow,
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@BelleStarr (61101)
• United States
6 Jul 17
I am glad you decided to come back or rather to stay.
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@hereandthere (45645)
• Philippines
6 Jul 17
i didn't know about that. i'm also glad you're back.
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@smileyhema (4606)
• United States
6 Jul 17
Nope I don't have the habit of deleting a post or I will put this way, I haven't come across such situation yet :-)
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@JudyEv (343595)
• Rockingham, Australia
6 Jul 17
That's true. People sometimes comment on mine long after I've written them. Sometimes they appear on the sidebar and people comment.
@Mike197602 (15513)
• United Kingdom
5 Jul 17
I delete all my discussions after a while...for 2 reasons.
1, I get bored of them after a while.
2, I don't actually like reciprocal responses
I respond to what I find interesting and have no expectation of receiving a response in kind.
As I mainly am a responder I did find my couple of discussions kept picking up those types of responses so decided to delete all my discussions and have kept on doing so
It works for me although I know a lot won't see my reasoning
I respond to what I find interesting and have no expectation of receiving a response in kind.
As I mainly am a responder I did find my couple of discussions kept picking up those types of responses so decided to delete all my discussions and have kept on doing so
It works for me although I know a lot won't see my reasoning6 people like this
@Mike197602 (15513)
• United Kingdom
5 Jul 17
@JolietJake maybe.
Just that I've had a few discussions that got 30-50 natural responses then went way over 100 PURELY because of the amount of responding I did.
They weren't necessarily interested in my discussion topic it was just a response for a response and as I only had a couple of discussions up it made the numbers go beyond what I should have actually got purely from people interested in the topic...so I delete all discussions and will continue to do so
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@Luke35 (81)
• United States
5 Jul 17
I'm still relatively new to the site and didn't even know that you could delete posts. I don't always have something profound to say, but still am hopeful that some of my musings are worthwhile and have staying power. Using search keywords, I have found a few discussions on here from several years ago that have been useful and/or interesting for me. I never would have found those if the OP deleted them before my search... That alone would probably discourage ME from actively deleting anything.
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@JudyEv (343595)
• Rockingham, Australia
6 Jul 17
Not many people delete posts as you might have worked out. I've only ever deleted a comment or two.
@amandajay (23264)
• New Zealand
5 Jul 17
Nope I dont delete them. I have posted 425 so far and its still there.
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@JudyEv (343595)
• Rockingham, Australia
6 Jul 17
I don't delete mine either. And I have copies of them all.
@JudyEv (343595)
• Rockingham, Australia
7 Jul 17
@amandajay I write everything in Word and perhaps edit it until I'm happy with it.
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@amandajay (23264)
• New Zealand
6 Jul 17
@JudyEv wow. You keep copies? Thats great
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@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
5 Jul 17
I've never deleted a post, I don't know what the point would be. However, I wanted to look up something on one of my most popular posts from over a year ago, and it just wasn't there. I even had the url (I keep all the urls) and tried to find it that way, but no luck. I don't know if admin deleted it accidentally or what, but I didn't bother to ask them.
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@CookieMonster46 (13454)
• United States
5 Jul 17
Nope, I don't delete them,I don't see the point.
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@pgntwo (22408)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
6 Jul 17
@JudyEv Posterity - for all my descendants, so a long time ;)
I have had a jokes post deleted 
, a post where I was highlighting a problem or bug and I had to put up a screenshot 
, one that was deleted because a \ in the title broke myLot 
. And one I deleted myself as it had served a purpose, that being to highlight another issue related to some feature of myLot to Admin 
.
, a post where I was highlighting a problem or bug and I had to put up a screenshot , one that was deleted because a \ in the title broke myLot . And one I deleted myself as it had served a purpose, that being to highlight another issue related to some feature of myLot to Admin .
Posterity is a noun meaning "future generations." These people of the future could be your children and great-great grandchildren, or any people who are born after you.
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@andriaperry (117559)
• Anniston, Alabama
5 Jul 17
No I am to lazy! Its rare i delete the notification 
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@JudyEv (343595)
• Rockingham, Australia
7 Jul 17
We've been away about six weeks and have a couple months to go.
