# Has the "delete post" function been removed?

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**Created:** [December 16, 2021, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-delete-post-function-been-removed/956176 "2021-12-16T21:06:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2021, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-delete-post-function-been-removed/956176/3 "2021-12-16T21:16:26Z")

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> [@Zombies wake up to delete zombies, which wakes them. Huh?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zombies-wake-up-to-delete-zombies-which-wakes-them-huh/955982):
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> I’ve noticed a few old posts that suddenly jumped to the top of FQ for no reason and after a bit of digging, realized that they were bumped because the second post in each was deleted. Stranger still, the message is replaced with “(post deleted by author)”, yet neither author has posted in years. One of the deleted posts was visible in the Internet Archive and seems perfectly innocuous. So zombie posters are deleting zombie posts which bumps said zombie threads. Is that intentional and is it re…

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