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Re:Alcohol as a social technology to check the trustworthine... by vxNsr on Monday May 26, 2014 @12:56PM (#7800525)
One reason I find the delete, or edit useful is, sometimes I'll type up a comment come back a while later, read it, hit post without really thinking, and then go back and see the context, and realize I'm an idiot[0] and quickly edit or delete the comment before anyone else finds out.

[0] http://xkcd.com/481/

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Re:Alcohol as a social technology to check the trustworthine... by dfc on Monday May 26, 2014 @01:33PM (#7800677)
It seems like you are saying that the utility of the delete function is that it allows a user (you, me and everyone else) to submit comments without thinking about the content and quality of the comment. What is wrong with increasing the incentive to do a "am I being a moron check" before hitting submit?
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