Why do so many people delete their posts?

Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨madjo@feddit.nl⁩ to ⁨[deleted]⁩

I’ve seen this happen a bunch of time now that people just ask a question and it’s deleted a day or so later. Do they delete the question themselves, or is that some automatic thing? If they do it themselves, why?

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southsamurai@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Deleted by creator

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- throwawayacc0430@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  
  deleted by creator
  
  forgot the italics lmao 😁
  
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Forester@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Lack of commitment

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CrayonDevourer@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
I’ll delete my replies when I’ve been eating too many crayons that evening and the reply ended up being dumb as dog shit…

Though, I’d consider deleting my posts now because AI is scouring this place and training on it I almost guarantee.

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- madjo@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  Which color has the best flavor?
  
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  - CrayonDevourer@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    Brilliant Bees brand.
    
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throwawayacc0430@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Perhaps its something embarassing or potentially very political which they don’t want to remain on the internet forever.

I guess we can add a rule stating that “By participating in this community, you agree to give permission that all your posts/comments can be archived” like under Creative Commons rules. And have a bot automatically archive it.

But then again, there’s an argument that this violates privacy.

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madjo@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Can’t reply to Some Amateur’s removed comment, just want to say, I enjoyed your contribution! And that could indeed also be a valid reason

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SomeAmateur@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
sometimes you just don’t want to see the dumb post you made at 2am

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null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Because they later felt embarrassed by their question.

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