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About two hours ago I answered to a new user searching for an ASUS laptop G733ZW, see picture

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Now this thread and my post are no longer to find without any comment of the forum software or any other explanation.

https://winraid.level1techs.com/t/request-full-spi-dump-for-asus-rog-strix-scar-17-g733zw/107182

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I can’t remeber having written something offensive and even then the normal / expected reaction would be that the post is flagged, not deleted.

Could someone kindly explain why my post got deleted without any information?

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Damm…system reported 22h ago…dont know why, ill restore it.
EDIT: No… USER delete…
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So it was the thread owner that made his decision and bail out.

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Thank you for the information.

And if the threadowner deletes a thread all other posts will be deleted, too?

So if I use maybe an hour for finding out about the request, as in this case, the work and time invested just disappears without the forum software even being able to give at least an explanation?

That’s not encouraging.

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This event is quite strange, because a “normal” Forum member can neither delete himself nor the posts of anyone else.

@wendell
Do you know what may have happened?

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@Fernando

I see this thread got restored, user seems appears to have been deleted / replaced by system user?

Did you get any explanation?

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@lfb6
No, I am waiting for the response of wendell, who knows much more about the secrets of the Forum software.

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@Fernando I still would like an explanation.

As already written it takes some time to answer such requests properly and I’m not interested in guarding my future posts from being deleted without any given reason (and having to ask to get them undeleted).

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@lfb6
Although I share your point of view, I cannot help.
The only persons, who may be able to explain what happened with the related thread, are the still unknown opener and the system Admin wendell.
Unfortunately wendell hasn’t yet answered my recent question. I will send him a reminder PM today.

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I have updated the forum settings. If you have a very new user account or a limited post history you can self-service delete your account (taking the replies with posts that person made). ofc this can be undone but I can see how it might be alarming hah.

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Thanks for the answer.

What are the criteria (time / number of answers) for the user being able to delete the account (thereby deleting own threads and the corresponding answers)?

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I can see that self-service account deletion has been disabled now, and I believe it’s a good idea to do so. Thanks Wendell :ok_hand:

Maximum user post count based, 1 by default. Wendell has now set it to -1, which disables that feature.

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Thanks a lot for the information.

And I agree, new users are here often for one problem, they sometimes disappear without even commenting the answers. But the answers might still contain some knowledge that could help other users.
In addition getting ones own posts deleted without reason by a non- moderator seems rather weird.

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