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Adding a delete option would certainly be preferred. Having to flag one's own comment seems excessive.
– Unconsidered
Commented Aug 26, 2021 at 16:17
@Unconsidered That's what I prefer too but I added that as a fallback in hopes that this doesn't get declined. Note that "No longer needed" flags don't affect your account in any way. Plus those comments are technically not under your name anyway.
– 41686d6564
Commented Aug 26, 2021 at 16:23
I guess that depends on the perception of "don't affect your account in any way". I don't want to raise my flag-count. So I'm not inclined to flag anything, for any reason.
– Unconsidered
Commented Aug 26, 2021 at 16:31
If they were going to track ownership/original author of the comment, then there's no need to add conditional flag weight code; just add said delete option.
– TylerH
Commented Aug 26, 2021 at 18:32
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Please let me (as a mod) delete these comments!
– Zanna
Commented Aug 27, 2021 at 10:01
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@Zanna Not even mods can clean them up?
– 41686d6564
Commented Aug 27, 2021 at 10:50
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Nope! I just get a notification saying the comment will be deleted automatically when the post gets fixed, but of course such comments can be wrongly posted. I think I'd rather not have these comments at all
– Zanna
Commented Aug 27, 2021 at 10:52
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@Zanna you (as a mod) can now delete these comments
– Yaakov Ellis
Commented Sep 2, 2021 at 21:25
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@YaakovEllis hallelujah!!
– Zanna
Commented Sep 3, 2021 at 0:59

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