Deleting Your Own Discussion

By Raj
India
July 26, 2021 11:40am CST
I never have this thing in mind to delete my own discussion for any reason but I remember a comment from a user who is although not very active now but is on the website from long and the user says that they delete the discussions they post after few days but I don't know what's the benefit to delete the old discussion. Do you also delete your order discussions? Do you know why users delete their old discussions?
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29 responses
@ThatDisha (4010)
• India
26 Jul 21
I would never do that even if it has some mistakes or sounds stupid, I will keep all of my discussion as memory and for analysing what went wrong in that
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• India
27 Jul 21
Haha smart girl
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• India
27 Jul 21
@ThatDisha Have a good day
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@ThatDisha (4010)
• India
27 Jul 21
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@nzlz123 (6473)
• Indonesia
26 Jul 21
i once deleted my discussion
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@sjvg1976 (41131)
• Delhi, India
27 Jul 21
Why ? What was the reason?
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• India
27 Jul 21
Any reason for that?
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@nzlz123 (6473)
• Indonesia
28 Jul 21
@Butterfingers @sjvg1976 it was a post about me being confused why my post got deleted by mylot and someone already gave me the answer so i deleted it
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• United States
26 Jul 21
The only time I delete discussions is when I have second thoughts after posting. A mistake in spelling or subject matter that pushes limits or that after seeing the post, I just don't like it. If no one comments after a day, I may delete a discussion for that reason. I just don't know why others would delete old discussions, sorry.
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• United States
28 Jul 21
@cacay1 I know. Sometimes after I see a discussion posted, I'll try to delete it before anyone comments. Hahah
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@cacay1 (83223)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
28 Jul 21
@Vikingswest1 , i also did the asme in the past when there was a post of mine that seemed like corny
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• India
27 Jul 21
I agree with you, not sure why someone needs to delete their own discussions after a while
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@DaddyEvil (137145)
• United States
26 Jul 21
I have deleted my discussions before. I don't write very many so when I get tired of people going to one of them, I might delete it if I'm tired of talking about the subject. Sometimes people call a discussion "old" after a few days or a week. If you go to those discussions, the OP will delete it or will block you for talking on their discussion. (I was blocked once for talking on a discussion the OP called "old" that she'd written four days before... ) vanny told me not to go on her old discussions because she didn't want to talk about them after a few days. (I used to open old discussions and talk on them to have fun playing on them. I called that "making a zombie walk" but have since stopped doing that.)
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@xander6464 (40872)
• Wapello, Iowa
26 Jul 21
I like it when people read old posts. I can't figure out why anyone would be against it.
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@xander6464 (40872)
• Wapello, Iowa
27 Jul 21
@DaddyEvil That's a really good idea for waking up old posts.
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@DaddyEvil (137145)
• United States
26 Jul 21
@xander6464 vanny told me to stop going to her old posts because they bring up bad memories for her. (I'd just delete that type post as soon as I was tired of them.) Why the woman blocked me for commenting on her post, I'm not sure. I was on-topic and was having a discussion about the post with another myLotter. It made no sense to anyone then, either. (I haven't seen that lady on myLot in several years now.) People used to ask me to look at a discussion they'd written that hadn't done very well and see if I could make it walk. After I played on it a bit, people started going to it and making comments... I had a lot of fun doing it, too.
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@kobesbuddy (74562)
• East Tawas, Michigan
26 Jul 21
I have deleted different discussion, over the past four years. Some don't get very many views or comments, so I get rid of them. Others probably have a different reason, for deleting their own writings. If there's an intense discussion that leads to anger or fighting, I delete the entire post. There's no benefit from hateful conduct or a fit of anger! I guess it's like cleaning out a closet, to get rid of things I don't want.
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@cacay1 (83223)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
28 Jul 21
@kobesbuddy , I will do that too if I have time to delete those posts not having people commenting.
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@kobesbuddy (74562)
• East Tawas, Michigan
27 Jul 21
@Butterfingers I've done this different times, to avoid any problems,.
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• India
27 Jul 21
Yes if there is a fight or strong debate then it's fine to delete because you are not happy with the outcome of the discussion
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@dya80dya (33512)
26 Jul 21
Yes, sometimes I delete them. If they are old no one reads them.
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• India
27 Jul 21
You never know when someone likes to check your profile and comment on old discussions
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@snowy22315 (169967)
• United States
26 Jul 21
No, I don't do it. I don't feel the need to, and once in awhile someone will comment on some of my older discussions as well.
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• India
27 Jul 21
Yes that's why I don't think we should delete
@sjvg1976 (41131)
• Delhi, India
27 Jul 21
I don't delete old discussions and I don't find a reason to delete them. They are going to earn you in any case so why to delete them. Yes I deleted once a discussion which after posting it I realised that I have violated the guidelines and it's going to be deleted by the admin so I deleted it by myself
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@sjvg1976 (41131)
• Delhi, India
27 Jul 21
@Butterfingers they do their own loss by deleting their owns posts.
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• India
27 Jul 21
@sjvg1976 haha yeah
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• India
27 Jul 21
Yes that's a different case and yeah I agree why delete when we can expect some users to check that and respond
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@ShyBear88 (59282)
• Sterling, Virginia
26 Jul 21
Old discussion never I don’t deleted them what if someone goes back or finds it on a search and they comment on it then I can’t comment back if I deleted it. I never deleted them.
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@ShyBear88 (59282)
• Sterling, Virginia
27 Jul 21
@Butterfingers I have some people they go back and hit some of my oldest post
• India
28 Jul 21
@ShyBear88 yes I have seen many doing that
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• India
27 Jul 21
Yes you are right no point in deleting even the old ones
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@prashu228 (37526)
• India
26 Jul 21
I never deleted any discussions...i wonder why they do so..
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• India
27 Jul 21
I guess they have their own reasons
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@prashu228 (37526)
• India
27 Jul 21
@Butterfingers hmm ...yes may be...
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@cacay1 (83223)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
28 Jul 21
@prashu228, I decided to delete some posts of mine for no more comments
@LadyDuck (458091)
• Switzerland
27 Jul 21
I never delete my discussions and Admin suggested NOT to delete, it is rude toward those who spent time to type comments. You can delete if you think you wrote something that is not appropriate, but I would say this should be an exception.
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@LadyDuck (458091)
• Switzerland
27 Jul 21
@Butterfingers I know two users who delete, the majority never deletes their posts.
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• India
27 Jul 21
@LadyDuck yes I think more than two and highlight this fact in their discussions too
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• India
27 Jul 21
Yes better not to delete but today again I read many users are planning to delete
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@just4him (306196)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
26 Jul 21
I don't delete. It's a matter of choice.
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@cacay1 (83223)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
28 Jul 21
@just4him, so true matter of choice
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@just4him (306196)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
28 Jul 21
@cacay1 Yes, it is.
• India
27 Jul 21
Yes you are right, Good you don't delete
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@CarolDM (203454)
• Nashville, Tennessee
26 Jul 21
I have done this a few times and delete my photos as well.
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@CarolDM (203454)
• Nashville, Tennessee
27 Jul 21
@Butterfingers Just a personal choice. My photos have been stolen many times.
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• India
28 Jul 21
@CarolDM oh that's not good
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• India
27 Jul 21
Is there are specific reason behind it
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@S4mmyboy (3266)
• Mumbai, India
26 Jul 21
Well am just 2 months old.... My discussions are few and I don't think that I would ever delete it.
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• India
27 Jul 21
Yes I don't see any reason to delete mine too
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@mayka123 (16584)
• India
27 Jul 21
I used to love digging old discussions and commenting on them but realized that this act was not welcome by many people. Dont understand why. What is there if people comment on your old discussions? And if you don't like the topic why did you post it in the first place. I see nothing wrong in that. I never delete my discussions and I have no problem if anyone revives my old discussions and comments on them.
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@mayka123 (16584)
• India
27 Jul 21
@Butterfingers Everyone has their own opinions.
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• India
27 Jul 21
Yes I agree with you and not sure why people don't like it
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@RebeccasFarm (86755)
• United States
29 Jul 21
I would delete all mine lol
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• India
30 Jul 21
Lol why would you do that
@cacay1 (83223)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
27 Jul 21
@Butterfingrs, Na, I haven't dome that. But in the past I also learned from writers here that they deletd their discussions, but dunno the advanategs and disadvantages. let us wait and see.
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@cacay1 (83223)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
28 Jul 21
@Butterfingers , what are the disadvantages that you know? Please share me.
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• India
27 Jul 21
I don't see any advantages of it and only disadvantages
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• India
28 Jul 21
@cacay1 we cannot earn because our visitors won't see our old discussions
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@Hannihar (129470)
• Israel
27 Jul 21
@Butterfingers I have deleted some discussions that I did like.
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@Hannihar (129470)
• Israel
27 Jul 21
@Butterfingers I may have started some and thought they were not right so deleted them.
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• India
27 Jul 21
That's fine if you find some of those eligible to get deleted
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27 Jul 21
As for me, I don't delete them.. I have discussions that only got 2 or 3 response, but I don't delete them.. It's like my little scrap book where I look back and see who's always interacting with me and who just go with the most popular discussion for the day
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• India
27 Jul 21
yes no reason to delete for me so I keep these listed
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• India
27 Jul 21
@Hanbinandaeyo yes they must have
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27 Jul 21
@Butterfingers Inded.. But I'm sure they have reason if they have deleted their discussions
@Anqaya (3033)
• United States
28 Jul 21
No. I find it odd to delete discussions. I will not, anyway.
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• India
28 Jul 21
yes me too and no reason to delete
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