# Who would I ask about this? \[Deleting posts and threads\] **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [January 2, 2015, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-i-ask-about-this-deleting-posts-and-threads/708741 "2015-01-02T03:49:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Scharzcha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@Scharzcha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scharzcha)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2015, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-i-ask-about-this-deleting-posts-and-threads/708741/1 "2015-01-02T03:49:17Z")
I’d like all my posts and threads that I made to be cleared so I can have a fresh start! Thanks! \<3:p ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2015, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-i-ask-about-this-deleting-posts-and-threads/708741/2 "2015-01-02T03:56:41Z")
Hate to be the bearer of bad news but it ain’t gonna happen. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2015, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-i-ask-about-this-deleting-posts-and-threads/708741/3 "2015-01-02T04:23:44Z")
As a matter of policy, we don’t delete posts or threads except in exceptional cases (or for spamming or trolling - which will get you banned). I don’t see anything in your eight posts that would give any reason for deletion. Thread title edited to indicate subject. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2015, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-i-ask-about-this-deleting-posts-and-threads/708741/4 "2015-01-02T11:06:08Z")
Nobody will hold your past against you, unless you’re an unrepentant ass about some grave error, but that doesn’t seem to be the case here (everyone reading this thread will, like me, have searched your posting history). ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2015, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-i-ask-about-this-deleting-posts-and-threads/708741/5 "2015-01-02T13:11:08Z")
> [@Scharzcha](#): > > I’d like all my posts and threads that I made to be cleared so I can have a fresh start! Thanks! \<3:p Done! Well, I for one have forgotten each and every one of your prior posts. That would be seven. I’ll never forget this OP. ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2015, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-i-ask-about-this-deleting-posts-and-threads/708741/6 "2015-01-02T14:49:18Z")
Curious, what is it about your posts that you don’t like? Seems like pretty standard posting to me. ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2015, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-i-ask-about-this-deleting-posts-and-threads/708741/7 "2015-01-02T14:56:19Z")
Um…possibly, and I’m just guessing here, that they may have an account elsewhere under the same name that has less flattering posts and doesn’t want them potentially associated? ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2015, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-i-ask-about-this-deleting-posts-and-threads/708741/8 "2015-01-02T15:09:55Z")
> [@PlainJain](#): > > Curious, what is it about your posts that you don’t like? Seems like pretty standard posting to me. I’m curious for the same reason. There have been posters who I wish I could brain-bleach from my memory but this isn’t a very bad collection or horribly revealing in some way. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2015, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-i-ask-about-this-deleting-posts-and-threads/708741/9 "2015-01-02T15:28:07Z")
> [@PlainJain](#): > > Curious, what is it about your posts that you don’t like? What posts?😕 ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2015, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-i-ask-about-this-deleting-posts-and-threads/708741/10 "2015-01-02T15:48:47Z")
I hope that the OP realizes that by posting such a question, he/she is inviting others to examine the prior posts to see what’s so embarrassing. Personally, I was completely unaware of your existence until I saw this thread. You might want to read about the [Streisand effect](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect). ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2015, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-i-ask-about-this-deleting-posts-and-threads/708741/11 "2015-01-02T15:50:57Z")
Oh, wait. I think I see what’s so embarrassing. You’re right to be concerned. Just kidding. ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2015, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-i-ask-about-this-deleting-posts-and-threads/708741/12 "2015-01-02T16:13:02Z")
> [@PlainJain](#): > > Curious, what is it about your posts that you don’t like? Seems like pretty standard posting to me. If you align the text of the posts with Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, then do a series of ciphers on the both, finally taking only the first letter of each new paragraph, you’ll find the encoded message: XYLLLTHORP NXIRI YTHRASA I don’t know what it means, but I know it’s terrible! ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2015, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-i-ask-about-this-deleting-posts-and-threads/708741/13 "2015-01-02T18:31:13Z")
> [@Jragon](#): > > If you align the text of the posts with Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, then do a series of ciphers on the both, finally taking only the first letter of each new paragraph, you’ll find the encoded message: > > XYLLLTHORP NXIRI YTHRASA > > I don’t know what it means, but I know it’s terrible! I have the cipher for that and I could tell you, but then I’d be killed. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2015, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-i-ask-about-this-deleting-posts-and-threads/708741/14 "2015-01-02T18:58:21Z")
Misread the title as “Why would I ask about this?” at first. How oddly appropriate, considering that’s what everyone is asking you. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2015, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-i-ask-about-this-deleting-posts-and-threads/708741/15 "2015-01-02T19:27:56Z")
I suspect the “fresh start” the AOP is talking about isn’t at the SDMB, but on the internet in general. IOW, he/she has decided to cover his/her tracks & become invisible. Not gonna happen, but it’s a nice idea. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2015, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-i-ask-about-this-deleting-posts-and-threads/708741/16 "2015-01-02T20:30:32Z")
> [@Scharzcha](#): > > I’d like all my posts and threads that I made to be cleared so I can have a fresh start! Thanks! \<3:p I don’t want all of mine cleared. Just the ones where I say something stupid. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Joker\_and\_the\_Thief](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e79b87/32.png) [@The\_Joker\_and\_the\_Thief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Joker_and_the_Thief)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2015, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-i-ask-about-this-deleting-posts-and-threads/708741/17 "2015-01-02T21:11:43Z")
The OP has plenty of stuff to be ashamed of. Seriously, this is why every account should be under a unique name. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2015, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-i-ask-about-this-deleting-posts-and-threads/708741/18 "2015-01-02T21:58:28Z")
> [@Jragon](#): > > XYLLLTHORP NXIRI YTHRASA I think you just summoned Cthulu ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2015, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-i-ask-about-this-deleting-posts-and-threads/708741/19 "2015-01-02T23:56:53Z")
> [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#): > > I don’t want all of mine cleared. Just the ones where I say something stupid. If I asked that, my post count would drop to about 3. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2015, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-i-ask-about-this-deleting-posts-and-threads/708741/20 "2015-01-02T23:59:58Z")
> [@Jragon](#): > > If you align the text of the posts with Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, then do a series of ciphers on the both, finally taking only the first letter of each new paragraph, you’ll find the encoded message: > > XYLLLTHORP NXIRI YTHRASA > > I don’t know what it means, but I know it’s terrible! Reminds me of one of my favorite lines from a pulpish novel: > [@](#): > > _As it appears in said PN:_ > > Znidd suddabit! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-i-ask-about-this-deleting-posts-and-threads/708741.md?page=2)