Posted by Tamar on August 25, 2005, at 5:31:49 [reposted on August 25, 2005, at 8:43:44 | original URL]
In reply to And another issue - post deletion, posted by rainbowbrite on August 25, 2005, at 2:19:19
> It seems to me that this being a psych board there should be some consideration taken regarding the different 'states' of people posting. If someone posts when very upset, intoxicated or whatever....shouldn't they have the option of removing something (via Dr Bob)if they reveal too much?
> yes we take that quiz to begin and yes we accept everything BUT BUT BUT.....this is our lives, if someone reveals too much in a bad state and it could come back and haunt them???Hmm... I think on balance I'm not in favour of deleting posts. I think if we reveal something that could identify us (like real name, place of work or whatever) then perhaps we can ask that information to be deleted from the post. And I think that has happened from time to time.
But I prefer that whole posts aren't deleted. For me, there's a security in knowing who I'm interacting with (not their identities, but how they tend to conduct themselves or express themselves). And actually, apart from revealing personal information, I don't see that there's much need to retract a post. I've noticed that most people here can read between the lines and realise when someone's in a bad state... and then they can be supportive.
But maybe I'm not thinking of the same kind of situation as you... can you give a hypothetical example of the sort of revelation you'd want deleted? (You don't have to if you don't want to, of course!)
Tamar
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