Hi @fsflover,
I am not sure what you seek to accomplish with this reply.
You haven’t addressed my argument but rather compare the non-deletion
policy to security theater and the assault on encryption – both of
which are ill-fitting to say the least.
It sounds like removing the ability to delete ones post is infringing on
civil freedom?
Consider this scenario: I see a question posted to the forum in my email
and spend 10 minutes writing a detailed reply. When sending it the
system replies to me that the topic does not exists. This happened,
multiple times.
So what if I now simply post my reply as a new topic quoting the post
that was deleted which might even contain the user or real name of the
original poster?
Can the original poster then request a moderator to delete my post?
What about this: the original post gets deleted after I posted a
reply… now the whole thread with all replies (mine and others) is
gone. So effectively that user had not only the power to delete their
own post but those of other as well.