• polarheart said on Mar 14, 2007....

  HH, I have recently found out, from Silverwhisper aka Ed, that you can put your posts back into Draft mode even after people have commented.  This is what I now do when I want to remove stuff from public view.  I dont want to delete stuff that I've poured my heart into.  I see it as history I can look back on and how things have changed in the interim.  One day I might sit and look back and reminise.

• silverwhisper said on Mar 14, 2007....

  i never delete my blogs. i like to look at 'em again sometimes, remember friends who aren't part of the SC landscape anymore (e.g., hunter).
  
  i understand others do and i'm sure that makes perfect sense for them, but it isn't a choice i could ever make.
  
  ed

• MissMimi said on Mar 14, 2007....

  I've deleted a few, but when I do, I'm usually sorry I did it. It only happens if I read it the next day and am embarrassed by it. The things I recently deleted I have copies of on my hard drive.

• dailyachesandpains said on Mar 14, 2007....

  I deleted posts because I wanted a fresh start.  I feared the wrath of my MIL if she or her daughter found me.  It would be a never ending battle.  It was only after I deleted all of what I had up there that I said "To HELL with them" and didn't care if they found me.  I wasn't stating anything that wasn't true!
   
  Daily

• beyondtheveil said on Mar 14, 2007....

  HH- I have deleted three posts and they were where I made a purely unsuccessful attempt at "writing". They were not a part of me, so I see no loss. However, if I should ever attempt such a thing again, I'll find out what Ed means by placing posts in draft, whatever that means.

• polarheart said on Mar 14, 2007....

  Beyond, it means you click the Edit Button on the post in question and right at the bottom there are two boxes - one says make post "Public" and the other "Draft" - if you click on Draft it will make the post so that only you can see it - you can do this even after people have commented - only you will be able to see your post and all the comments.
   
  I hope this helps.

• Muckraker said on Mar 14, 2007....

  HH:  I delete mine.

• skald said on Mar 14, 2007....

  I deleted a few blogs. They wee my first blogs here. I thought I was on the wrong track talking about things in the past that were not so nice. I´m really a cheerful person not a moaner and I thought no, not this. I was going to give up blogging here and I just wrote that I had deleted all my post. Polarheart´s kindness and friendliness persuaded me to go on here and I don't regret it.  since  then I have not deleted a blog. I also have a blog in my native tongue and I have not deleted a post there.
  

• mobil said on Mar 14, 2007....

  Delete Hh, never more than four kept.......thanks great post

• beyondtheveil said on Mar 14, 2007....

  polar- Thanks- I didn't know this.

• Comfort said on Mar 15, 2007....

  I have only deleted one.. Was something I posted at a time when I was feeling pretty down.. But by reading the replies to this blog I see we can put our posts back into draft mode.

• VICARIOUS said on Mar 21, 2007....

  I delete more than I keep.
   
  If I post something and it gets few comments I delete it. If I have a bout of depression and vent here, I usually delete it after a few days. Over the years I have learned I like my posts to be maintained, not having anything I don't feel impacted anyone. I don't write to see where I've been or where I'm going, I write to try to move people. But occasionally I will write for myself, usally deleting those as well. Over they years I've kept nothing that I have ever written online. Even my erotica, I'd rather rewrtie it from memories. But that is me and I'm twisted.

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