Extremely Bad: It is no longer possible to delete comments, only “retract” them (with usernames remaining displayed).
Actually, I think I like this. You can still edit, so if there’s something that you don’t want even under a strikethrough, you can get rid of it; but the default is just to cross it out, and this encourages people to do that instead. Deleted comments with replies have been seriously disruptive in the past, so this is an improvement.
I note in myself a tendency to see some things I don’t understand as “extremely bad”, stupid, frustrating or etc., especially things that have changed recently from what I am used to. Merely having it pointed out to me that a thing is intentional causes me to work harder to figure out why the thing was done as it was done. I sometimes revise my option of the thing after an experience like that to not actually being “extremely bad”.
I note in myself a tendency to see some things I don’t understand as “extremely bad”, stupid, frustrating or etc., especially things that have changed recently from what I am used to.
I affirm everything everything I have said on this very subject over the last couple of years. My objection to this feature remains, as do the rather well developed reasons I have for my position.
I can understand people having different preferences and I am able to handle not getting my own way but I am not going to abandon my preference simply because social factors make satisfying it beyond my power. That is a common fallacy of thought (or useful mammalian adaptation) that I am aware of and want to avoid. I prefer to acknowledge that the state of the universe is not desirable, acknowledge that I am unable to change it (or that doing so is impractical) and yet still be able to accept things as they are without emotional distress.
Actually, I think I like this. You can still edit, so if there’s something that you don’t want even under a strikethrough, you can get rid of it; but the default is just to cross it out, and this encourages people to do that instead. Deleted comments with replies have been seriously disruptive in the past, so this is an improvement.
jim has it exactly right—this is very intentional.
Anonymous didn’t suggest it was an oversight. He declared it Extremely Bad. An entirely different axis.
I note in myself a tendency to see some things I don’t understand as “extremely bad”, stupid, frustrating or etc., especially things that have changed recently from what I am used to. Merely having it pointed out to me that a thing is intentional causes me to work harder to figure out why the thing was done as it was done. I sometimes revise my option of the thing after an experience like that to not actually being “extremely bad”.
I affirm everything everything I have said on this very subject over the last couple of years. My objection to this feature remains, as do the rather well developed reasons I have for my position.
I can understand people having different preferences and I am able to handle not getting my own way but I am not going to abandon my preference simply because social factors make satisfying it beyond my power. That is a common fallacy of thought (or useful mammalian adaptation) that I am aware of and want to avoid. I prefer to acknowledge that the state of the universe is not desirable, acknowledge that I am unable to change it (or that doing so is impractical) and yet still be able to accept things as they are without emotional distress.