how come you can't delete or edit your own posts?

[snowman626]

Im just curious to know. you can edit your own post when you first post them, but after about 6 hours you can't anymore. you also can't delete your own posts. what is the reason for this? why not just let people delete or edit their own posts?

 

[chrijo]

This could potentially destroy the thread structure.

 

[Letmego. Please]

Cause then people would go about deleting what they had posted, but if someone has quoted them it still shows & well reading the whole thing can become bloody confusing, seen it on other forums & it turns a thread into a clusterfudge.

 

[Superfluous]

You can delete your own posts within the 6 hour time limit as long as it isn't the 1st post creating a new thread. However, if it is the 1st post creating a new thread and you want it to be deleted (assuming no other posts have been made), the you can tag a mod to request deletion (or at the very least to lock the thread). Tested this yesterday