View Poll Results: Please tell us, why did you delete your post?

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  • 1) Haste makes waste – I posted before I was finished

    2 15.38%
  • 2) Whoops, I posted to the wrong thread!

    2 15.38%
  • 3) My LF image doesn't look like I wanted ;^(

    0 0%
  • 4) I forgot to attach my image!

    0 0%
  • 5) I shared poor knowledge, and didn't want to mislead anyone

    4 30.77%
  • 6) My post was angry – I calmed down

    4 30.77%
  • 7) My post makes little sense, I’m embarrassed

    4 30.77%
  • 8) What? I didn't know you could edit a post (instead of deleting it)

    0 0%
  • 9) I've never deleted a post. No need to. Here's how I do it. [Please share!]

    1 7.69%
  • 10) A really good/incredibly bad reason to delete is: [Please share!]

    5 38.46%
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  1. #11
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    Re: Why did you delete your post?

    Quote Originally Posted by HMG View Post
    I always like to reread my post after I draft it and before I submit it.
    Excellent technique, I do this too.

    Everyone should know that the "Preview changes" button is a great tool!

    At least for me, it greatly reduces the need to edit/delete posts that are active.

    Just like proof reading.

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    For longer posts, I like to compose in MS Word, then copy/paste to the thread.

    This eliminates options #1 and #7 for me!

  2. #12
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    Re: Why did you delete your post?

    We have many wannabe Mods.

    Thought Police.
    Last edited by Tin Can; 18-Jan-2015 at 14:46. Reason: capitalization
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    Re: Why did you delete your post?

    Quote Originally Posted by Roger Thoms
    This message has been deleted by Roger Thoms.
    (No Reason was given...)
    +1

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    Quote Originally Posted by Randy Moe View Post
    We have many wannabe Mods. Thought Police.
    ↑ ↑ ↑

    I like... Reason #7.

    'My post makes little sense, I’m embarrassed'.

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    Last edited by Taija71A; 18-Jan-2015 at 15:58.

  4. #14
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    Re: Why did you delete your post?

    Quote Originally Posted by David A. Goldfarb View Post
    Usually if I delete, it's due to some network glitch that resulted in a duplicate post.
    When this happens to me, I keep the first post, and delete the second post.

    Once I deleted the first one – w/o saying "duplicate post" in the reason box.

    Later, I got a PM from the person who posted right before the deleted post, curious if it had been a response to his. I replied that it was simply a duplicate post. He thanked me for the explanation. I think it really had been bothering him.

    [Sigh]

  5. #15
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    Re: Why did you delete your post?

    I'm on a mac and i can't delete posts ...
    i can edit them for a little while and if i
    want to remove everything i wrote and replace it
    with ... i do that ( double post, over zealous response to something
    that i shouldn't' have responded to in the first place &c )
    or .. if it is a 4-5 year old classified or something
    that was sold, i tend to click on the moderator button and ask politely
    if they will remove it because it's not available anymore ... ( and they have better things to do than help me )

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    Quote Originally Posted by vinny View Post
    Usually, I'm being honest and saying something that contradicts someone who is sputtering bullshit based on something they read on the web vs. actual experience.
    +1

    for example, i recently read somewhere you can use baking soda as fixer ...
    and from personal experience i know this isn't true ...
    and i also read that you can soak poorly fixed prints / film in baking soda to reverse the problems of poorly fixed film / prints
    that doesn't work either...

    there is a lot of bs on the internet ...

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    Re: Why did you delete your post?

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    Re: Why did you delete your post?

    I only delete when I accidentally post a duplicate.

  8. #18

    Re: Why did you delete your post?

    #11, To show the "establishment" who's boss.....

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