I find it weird that regular users can't delete their own posts and i don't get why, you can edit it to say snip or something but doesn't it save space if it gets deleted? It just adds more job for mods to delete something like that.
I find it weird that regular users can't delete their own posts and i don't get why, you can edit it to say snip or something but doesn't it save space if it gets deleted? It just adds more job for mods to delete something like that.
quoting you.
you can always update your solution and not double post solutions hehe
depends on how you implement it, it really does not have to be that hardIt does also make the database work harder if there are deleted posts as it has to generate more custom queries, repopulate premade tables and whatever else.
i.e. trolls shitposting and then trying to hide the evidence. I'm not exactly sure how you reached your conclusion.
Conversation because X user got mad at responses from Y user, and then we'd just have Y user's posts with no context. Not particularly good for a discussion board.
There's also the case where someone might come into the Temp, ask a question about something, get an answer, and then go and delete their question
Or what if a prominent member decided one day they're going to leave the Temp, and decide to go and delete all of their posts for whatever reason?
True but a ground up migration of the database to either one of the fun trendy databases (as well as getting all the server botherers up to speed on that -- everybody probably should get familiar with NoSQL before too long but the more old fashioned stuff is already there and working), massive prebaked tables of cached renders, or reworking of the forum to be less query happily whilst playing to deleted posts, to say nothing of then having to have fun with forum software next update (or possibly migration if and when Xenforo gets long in the tooth) is a lot of work. One that solves no great problem if indeed there are other issues with allowing access to the mighty delete key.[deletions causing extra database work]depends on how you implement it, it really does not have to be that hard
This is why I prefer building some things myself, not only as a challenge but to have the luxury of doing whatever I want. Although heavily time consuming and sanity destroying that can be sometimes.True but a ground up migration of the database to either one of the fun trendy databases (as well as getting all the server botherers up to speed on that -- everybody probably should get familiar with NoSQL before too long but the more old fashioned stuff is already there and working), massive prebaked tables of cached renders, or reworking of the forum to be less query happily whilst playing to deleted posts, to say nothing of then having to have fun with forum software next update (or possibly migration if and when Xenforo gets long in the tooth) is a lot of work. One that solves no great problem if indeed there are other issues with allowing access to the mighty delete key.