OT: HOW CAN ONE LOCATE CERTAIN THREADS?

OT: HOW CAN ONE LOCATE CERTAIN THREADS? Feb 17, 2019 17:52:19 GMT

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Post by kijii on Feb 17, 2019 17:52:19 GMT

Feb 17, 2019 16:58:10 GMT BATouttaheck said:

kijii
Does this mean that once a thread or post is created by someone, it will last forever, even if the creator would like to get ride of it?
No.
Why?
Because, the creator can go back and delete something he or she wishes he or she had never created in the first place.

Not quite correct.... If you start a thread and it gets irreparably hijacked or destroyed in some other manner … the OP can delete (or edit) the parent post but the replies will remain (unless they too are deleted by their posters).

Example... Jan 1, 2018 a Happy New Year Thread was started and the first reply was a political rant
Not wanting to start the year off on that particular note, the original post was deleted and only the rant remained.
A new Happy New Year thread was started and the images of fireworks and exchange of well wishes were enjoyed by all.
The ranter never even noticed that the thread had died.

edit .. if you ask them nicely the admin or moderators can and will sometimes delete a thread or change the OP Title.

If you OP a thread, and someone else quotes your OP to make a comment on it, and you want to delete the whole thread, what happens to the thread itself? Doesn't it all disappear when you delete the thread?