Why was my comment deleted

January 28, 2005 2:37 PM

Did I forget to hit "post" or was my comment deleted from this topic and if so, why?
posted by Juicylicious to Etiquette/Policy at 2:37 PM (32 comments total)

What was your comment?
posted by The God Complex at 2:42 PM on January 28, 2005

That I couldn't watch the clip earlier and now it's been pulled and did anyone have a link to it.
posted by Juicylicious at 2:52 PM on January 28, 2005

You forgot to hit post.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 2:54 PM on January 28, 2005

You forgot to hit post.
posted by jessamyn at 3:00 PM on January 28, 2005

This is creepy.
posted by DaShiv at 3:01 PM on January 28, 2005

Matt didn't tell us that he and jessamyn were communicating telepathically about posts...
posted by Specklet at 3:17 PM on January 28, 2005

See, now we're all getting paranoid.
posted by CunningLinguist at 3:17 PM on January 28, 2005

Spooky. Because I remember when I selected 'my comments' from the dropbox, that thread had 54 comments listed. A couple of minutes later, it listed 53 comments. So, I doubled checked immediately. The discrepancy remained.
posted by Gyan at 3:26 PM on January 28, 2005

To clarify, at both times, the discrepancy was between the display on the front page and 'my comments' filter.
posted by Gyan at 3:28 PM on January 28, 2005

oh, okay.

Details, details.
posted by Juicylicious at 4:31 PM on January 28, 2005

You forgot to hit post.
posted by eyeballkid at 5:07 PM on January 28, 2005

Oh. Wait. No. That comment.

I deleted it.
posted by eyeballkid at 5:08 PM on January 28, 2005

The comment was deleted because that was a SHITTY thing to say and you should be ashamed of yourself. This place would be a whole lot better off without bullshit comments like that. Grow up dude.
posted by Witty at 5:51 PM on January 28, 2005

C'mon, Witty...we've all made mistakes here, and I don't think that because of just one comment (even one like THAT) we should be talking about banning Juicylicious. Have a little compassion. Maybe he/she was having a really bad day or something. I'm not trying to justify that kind of behavior...but until it becomes a definite pattern...well, I say we give them a second chance.
posted by rushmc at 6:12 PM on January 28, 2005

{close}
posted by squirrel at 6:13 PM on January 28, 2005

<ObiWan>These are not the comments you are looking for.</ObiWan>
posted by ChrisTN at 6:15 PM on January 28, 2005

Metafilter: These are not the comments you are looking for.
posted by shoepal at 6:18 PM on January 28, 2005

Ban him! Actually, I deleted that comment. You can't use 'bucket of cocks' that many times in one sentence, and not get deleted. Sorry, but standards must be kept.
posted by graventy at 6:26 PM on January 28, 2005

I'm tired of being your scapegoat.
posted by Juicylicious at 7:37 PM on January 28, 2005

You have a point rushmc. Perhaps I jumped the gun there. We've all seen this kind of thing blow up many times in the past. I just didn't want to see it happen again. So, I apologize for being so aggressive.

My advice Juicylicious... just take an extra 30 seconds to think before forgetting to hit post. That's all. I normally enjoy your contributions to this community, but I found that one particular comment completely uncalled for. Hopefully, as rushmc suggests, this doesn't become a pattern. Peace!
posted by Witty at 7:40 PM on January 28, 2005

Did the comment I made asking whether or not my comment got deleted, get deleted?
posted by euphorb at 7:45 PM on January 28, 2005

Oceania who?
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 8:16 PM on January 28, 2005

Stav, we have always been at war with Eastasia.
posted by chicobangs at 8:33 PM on January 28, 2005

Minitrue just hired Williams and Gallagher and McManus too.
posted by amberglow at 8:40 PM on January 28, 2005

Did I type this or just think it?
posted by Krrrlson at 8:47 PM on January 28, 2005

Sigh. Deleted comments with no marker whatsoever left behind is just a bad interface. How many different ways does it need to be demonstrated?
posted by Armitage Shanks at 8:55 PM on January 28, 2005

Comments have been deleted forever; I think this is the first post by someone who didn't know whether they posted or not. Sometimes you can't blame the interface.
posted by smackfu at 9:32 PM on January 28, 2005

If deleted comments left something behind, nobody would ever have to ask if their comment was deleted (which often happens).
posted by Armitage Shanks at 9:34 PM on January 28, 2005

posted by Vidiot at 10:37 PM on January 28, 2005

[the above comment was deleted]
posted by Vidiot at 10:38 PM on January 28, 2005

Which above comment?
posted by Gyan at 11:39 PM on January 28, 2005

Vidiot could you please post a description of your deleted comment as I won't be able to sleep tonight worrying about it.

I usually delete my comments before posting and no doubt should do so this time but ...
posted by Tarrama at 12:12 AM on January 29, 2005