Cuz I said some stupid shit and wanted it gone before anyone noticed.

Unfortunately deletes don’t always federate so it doesn’t help

I tend not to, but only because I don’t post a lot.

But I’ll echo some of the answers here and say that if I would delete my post it’d be because:

• it was a duplicate
• it was posted on the wrong community
• it was not the “right kind of post” for the community
• it offers nothing of value

And fears that my post will be one of those listed above keeps me from posting.

As for comments, I also tend not to delete, but might if:

• it was a duplicate
• it was posted on the wrong thread
• it was not the “right kind of comment” for the post
• it offers nothing of value (but I tend to let this be anyways)

And again, fears that my comment will be one of those listed keeps me from commenting.

To to prevent AI to use it

ill delete mine if:

1. it has any form of information that could potentially be used to personally identify me when I realize retroactively

2. i get embarrassed when I try to contribute to a community and get down voted to oblivion

I wish I could delete what I say in real life too tbh

I’ve only ever deleted one comment I’ve made. I was having a bad day, I was being overly pissy and inflammatory, and the comment didn’t add anything to the conversation. If I had been the mod of that community, I would have deleted it and possibly banned myself. Since they didn’t, I did. Once I came to my senses.

For the most part, though, I’m happy to leave my stupidity up for the future to see.

 WHAT DO YOU MEAN, "YOU PEOPLE?"

Because I realize how stupid they are.