Do you edit or delete your posts?

Question

Have you noticed in Yahoo Answers that sometimes people would edit or delete their posts after they have been commented negatively on? I don’t delete my posts, in the same way that I can’t retract the words I have spoken, nor undo the actions I’ve done. I don’t even edit them (except for typos), although I might add something to expound on the original message, which I want to keep unaltered.

Answer 1

i edit to add something not to comment on anything. i delete answers that i just want to delete

Answer 2

I do Yahoo the same way you do. Edit for typos, expound (just a bit) when I thought what I wrote down was not clear. But not to the point where the answer practically takes a new twist. Not to a point where another major idea is added, in an effort to compete for BA.

Answer 3

I can count in less than all the fingers in one hand the number of posts I have deleted. I once voluntarily deleted a question because I thought it's better not to mind it than waste energy on users trolling and cheating for points.

I edit to enhance my answer or add details but never to entirely change the point of my answer.

Answer 4

Like you I edit my posts for cosmetic purposes only. If I have to add something, I write everything under the original text (which is unchanged) under the word "ADD". I will never delete my post.

Answer 5

EDIT, yes! - for occasional typos and/or word omissions on the original answer

EDIT, yes! - to add comments and/or more info but I always I make sure that readers know it was an ADDED answer

DELETE, no! - if at all my answers are deleted, it was Yahoo who did it....darn!!!

Answer 6

im with you.

i edit, only because of typos, & i might add more comments when i come back to check & see the questioner have added a comment directed to me. & when i do that, i normally indicate that the following are additional comments.

& yes i havent deleted any of my answers, yet. i just dont see any reason to i suppose.

Answer 7

I deleted one post. But, not because I was wrong, or because I didn't want to stick to my argument...

I deleted my question because people insisted on trying to spin my question into something evil and prejudiced... Despite many many "additional info" lines asking them to not jump to a conclusion.... Their defensiveness about the topic (homosexuality) simply wouldn't let them think about my question in an objective way.

Answer 8

Yes delete mine sometimes, if I find my answers offending, I really don't want to start a debate.

I also edit answers if I have a new information to add.

Answer 9

I never deleted my post. What I do is just add some ideas.

Answer 10

Only to correct the grammar or add an important point.