That might be fair. Maybe I just happened to see it due to what I was reading. I'm not here to call out people using it. I just know that sometimes things catch on and people copy others without thinking it through.

First I wanted to see if I was missing something. I was.
Second I wanted to see if others saw some negative side effects to this. They do.

In the end, it doesn't matter if I think people using this feature are overdoing it. But SN is very valuable to me and I want to see it flourish. I don't want a future where posts are full of deleted comments.

I also don't want those more novice with privacy to think that this "disappearing" comment thing is some shield of protecting. My view on security is that one should consider everything they post online as alive forever. Anyone could be archiving it without your knowledge. False security is dangerous. By using SN you are trusting those that run the service. In the end it very hard to use the web in a trustless fashion. Its not impossible but pretty close. If you really want more anonymity online you need to use a nym and maybe not even post certain things because you could compromise the the nym.

I hope this all makes sense. I'm not saying this feature should go away. I'm not saying people are dumb for using it. I'm just asking why and asking people to think about why they are doing it and the tradeoffs.

nemo

Honestly, I can see use cases for this feature. It just surprised me to see some accounts using it on every comment and for the most run of the mill comments. Its not like we are forced to KYC these accounts or like we can't obscure our IP addresses and create new accounts. 

I guess I'm just wondering if people are overdoing it a bit and maybe they could think about the tradeoffs. I don't live in their shoes so I'm not saying they should or shouldn't do something. I just wonder if much thought is going into it.

kepford

What's the deal with all the usage of @delete in x days on SN

I can see why a person would create an account and delete comments as opposed to simply using the Anon option. Perhaps the account has developed an identity and has relationships with other stackers, but also wants to maintain privacy. I see your point about losing valuable content. Perhaps a compromise would be to create an option to anonymize a comment or post rather than delete it.