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@Ian_Rastall said in #10:

The real question is, why doesn't Lichess simply remove a comment or post the way the poster intends, rather than making sure everyone knows that something was taken down.

I imagine it isn't really deleted. It is simply hidden. Just like like accounts when they are closed. You can see them still on chessDOTcom but you can't here.

@Ian_Rastall said in #10:

The real question is, why doesn't Lichess simply remove a
comment or post the way the poster intends, rather than
making sure everyone knows that something was taken down.
The current practice is not without benefit. With policy as at is now, the number of a post does not change. This makes it easier to avoid confusion when referring to earlier contributions to a discussion. The Ian_Rastall comment was in #10, and (I assume) that that is where it will stay.

I've done it a few times in the past and once again just now. In this case, it was in a thread in the game analysis forum and I somehow managed to write a comment about a different game. Given that I noticed the mistake immediately after posting, it seemed simplest to delete the posting rather than waste people's time.

@Hagredion said in #1:

Why do people do that?

well most of the time I see it, it's just cowardice.

I want the feature removed too.

Sometimes one can edit ones post, then submit it again, and accidentally end up with two posts the same (except for the edit of course).
I must confess I have accidentally done this before now, and immediately deleted the unedited previous post.

Durarbayli deleted his first post of his blog thread just to hide that it had 20+ dislikes. That's a prime example of the constant abuse of this.

(UPDATE: I see he closed his account overall, lmao, but I guess it had no effect on that?)

I see it as a way to retract something you might no longer agree with or want public. I don't see an issue with it.