Community behaviour around deletion of posts (lemmy.radio)

submitted 2 weeks ago by vk6flab@lemmy.radio to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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As a regular contributor to discussion across a wide spectrum of Lemmy (and other fediverse) communities, I've come to see some people who will submit a post, get replies and then delete that post.

While I understand that this is a feature of the platform, in my opinion, it's extremely disrespectful to anyone who took the time to provide a considered, or otherwise, response.

While we're building a global community, is there any appetite to discourage such behaviour, or are we okay with this experience?

One idea might be to update the platform to "zombie" a post when its author deletes it, leaving it exactly where it is, but removing the author.

Anyone?

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[-] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 23 points 2 weeks ago

There's also someone, or some people, clearly practicing their creative writing or something. Usually they make an account, post something weird to asklemmy or a similar community, and then delete it within 4 hours or so.

Usually it's a "stupid" or obvious question, with some vaguely contreversial twist. Like "My boyfriend has problems with how many guys I've fucked... but I also used to be a sex worker". Stuff that's within the realm of possible, but not particularly common, or where you'd expect the asker to already be aware of the answer/reason.

They get a few hours of engagement, most of the time don't engage in the comments, then delete the whole thing.

[-] SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 2 weeks ago

So I'm 30 and dating a 21-23 yo. Should this be illegal??

[-] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 weeks ago

Lol, exactly.

And for a completely unasked for ramble: Someone better call the cops because my wife is over a decade older than me. Causes some minor mess here and there in the relationship, but nothing major. Almost every relationship worth having will have some mess now and then.

this post was submitted on 23 Oct 2025

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