Hi, it’s me Paul, I would just want to ask people here in the Developer Forum why do they need to flag their own topics just to delete it, when Roblox can just add a feature so people could delete their own topics. I’m also asking, why does Roblox need people to flag their own topic?
The DevForum can clearly just add this feature but why did they not add it?
What do you think?
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You’re not meant to be able to delete your own topics unless it’s within a small period of time after being posted and has no replies, in-case you accidentally posted it.
Topics contain discussion. Being able to refer back to previous discussions is important because they often contain useful and relevant information which shouldn’t be repeated multiple times over multiple threads (makes searching for the information difficult). This is a pretty standard policy for discussion forums.
You can try to flag your own topic, but DET will most likely not remove it under most circumstances. Ideally it’ll only be removed if it’s off-topic, inappropriate, or in #bulletin-board.
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Thank you for the helpful feedback.
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What about private messages, I don’t understand why they need to be flagged. Especially if the other person hasn’t responded.
I messaged just to get it back. I’m not flagging it.
Why do you want to delete private messages? This makes no sense to me. If you didn’t want the other person to see then you should not send it in the first place.
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There are of course cases where someone may feel the need to delete it, off the top of my head: Spring cleaning, Dead topic (other never responded), Finished conversation, regret sending the message (no ones perfect - aside coefficients).
It’s also just odd that you have to request approval to delete a private message or conversation as by the very nature of request approvel it’s not private and also takes up useless space for the Post-Approval team who are streched as is. Just seems pointless.
If I am understanding this correctly, the post approval team and community sages don’t handle flags nor any moderation on the forum. The DET handles all moderation on the forum so if you flag a private message it will go into the normal flag inbox that the DET handle. The post approval team wont be affected if you flag a private message.
I don’t understand why you would want to delete private messages as they could contain useful information that you or the person that you messaged may look back on. The only time a private message should be deleted is if it has been flagged and it has content that is against the forum rules.
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I don’t think any of these are good reasons to be able to delete messages. You can archive messages which are no longer relevant (user never replied, finished discussing whatever it was with the user, etc) to clean your inbox.
The same logic regarding public topics can be applied to private DMs. They contain discussion which both parties should be able to refer to at a later date and benefit from.
Everyone has regretted creating a topic or DM at some point, but the experience you get from making these helps you out in the long run. It may seem like a big deal, but because everyone has been there and done that it isn’t.
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If you are the author of the message, you can only choose to Archive the message like what others mentioned.
Otherwise, if you are one of the recipients of the message, you have the option to archive or remove yourself from the thread and all future access to it.
You can do this by going to the message, clicking “Add or Remove …” and you will see a “X” button beside your name like in the image below
Click that button and that message will be deleted for you only.
Disagree. This is anti-forum behavior, and keep in mind when there is discussion on topics when you ask for moderators to wipe your content, you are also wiping other people’s content. Imagine if someone spent hours writing an entire essay for you, only for you in the future to be like “lol this topic isn’t relevant anymore modz plz delet lolxd” and you make that person’s work inaccessible to future readers. You don’t post only for yourself, whatever you post becomes a resource for future readers.
If this happened then it would be abused as people would just go around wiping other people’s content along with theirs. That is toxic behavior.
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Nobody is 100% perfect there will always be tiny mistakes you might not notice. Let your mistakes serve as a lesson to improve your posting behavior in the future. It doesn’t matter who you were then. it matters who you are now.
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Topics you start don’t belong to you. They belong to the broader community.
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Well, I wish I could delete some of my old topics. Not because the quality was crap, but because I was challenging something on the forum. I just wish I could confidently post with regretting doing so.
Especially In #forum-feedback, where I can’t even challenge any norms regarding users, because as soon as I do so I get these strawmen arguments and the community makes me look like the ‘bad’ guy. For being anti-this, anti-something.
I just wish, I could confidently address something pertaining to fairness or a quality/ behaviour on the forum without being demoralized.
Here’s some free live advice: you need to live with your mistakes.
The nature of the forum means that everything should be eternal; it allows for people who may have similar queries to not repeat them, and makes dealing with the same issue again much easier.
The first few replies to this topic as to why topics shouldn’t be deleted still stand.
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