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#1 2011-10-01 12:40:31
Deleting comments
Is there a way to delete your own comment, left on someone else's project?
eg. If you say something stupid, can you retract it?
I searched, but I couldn't find a way to do this.
Is there a reason why not?
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#2 2011-10-01 13:51:03
- alldaykade28471
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Re: Deleting comments
blob8108 wrote:
Is there a way to delete your own comment, left on someone else's project?
eg. If you say something stupid, can you retract it?
I searched, but I couldn't find a way to do this.
Is there a reason why not?
i have wondered that too. I have no idea how to though.
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#3 2011-10-01 15:16:08
Re: Deleting comments
This is a pretty important feature, surely? Is there really no way to do this?
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#4 2011-10-01 16:47:27
- alldaykade28471
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Re: Deleting comments
blob8108 wrote:
This is a pretty important feature, surely? Is there really no way to do this?
No... There is not.
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#5 2011-10-02 04:06:35
Re: Deleting comments
Well, there should be! 
I hereby humbly suggest that this feature is added.
Sincerely,
blob8108.
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#6 2011-10-02 14:02:13
- CosmicProjectz
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Re: Deleting comments
blob8108 wrote:
Is there a way to delete your own comment, left on someone else's project?
eg. If you say something stupid, can you retract it?
I searched, but I couldn't find a way to do this.
Is there a reason why not?
+1
Good show. 
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#7 2011-10-03 05:19:23
Re: Deleting comments
Oh, I found this declined suggestion on Scratch suggestions.
Lightnin wrote:
We've decided not to do it for security reasons. If people could make comments and then delete them later, it would be really easy for people to make mean comments to someone and then delete them before anyone else had a chance to flag them. So that's the reason why you can't delete your own comments on other people's projects and galleries.
I'm not sure this sounds quite right to me. What if you did say something mean, but then changed your mind and wanted to retract it?
I suppose it does encourage people to think before they post, at least...
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#8 2011-10-03 05:23:47
Re: Deleting comments
Post a reply.
Example:
blob8108:i think we should all eat bananas
blo8108(reply):Sorry i was drunk when i wrote the above. Ignore it towehftewofhw
There, that's better.
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#9 2011-10-03 05:31:33
Re: Deleting comments
helltank wrote:
Post a reply.
Example:
blob8108:i think we should all eat bananas
blo8108(reply):Sorry i was drunk when i wrote the above. Ignore it towehftewofhw
That doesn't really solve the problem, though. What you've said is still there; it doesn't remove it. It's not quite the same thing.
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#10 2011-10-03 16:26:26
Re: Deleting comments
blob8108 wrote:
Oh, I found this declined suggestion on Scratch suggestions.
Lightnin wrote:We've decided not to do it for security reasons. If people could make comments and then delete them later, it would be really easy for people to make mean comments to someone and then delete them before anyone else had a chance to flag them. So that's the reason why you can't delete your own comments on other people's projects and galleries.
I'm not sure this sounds quite right to me. What if you did say something mean, but then changed your mind and wanted to retract it?
I suppose it does encourage people to think before they post, at least...
If we can do it with posts, why not with comments?!?!?!
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#11 2011-10-04 16:50:23
Re: Deleting comments
ImagineIt wrote:
If we can do it with posts, why not with comments?!?!?!
Exactly! 
Though I suppose on the project pages, mean comments might be more hurtful. The forums are generally more public and moderated.
Even so, it does seem inconsistent...
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