Where do deleted comments go?

January 13, 2006 6:20 AM

Mommy, where do deleted comments go after they're deleted?
posted by ND¢ to Feature Requests at 6:20 AM (17 comments total)

Well ND¢, some people believe that after they're deleted, that they disappear forever.

No!

Well, some people believe that. But, some people believe that after they are deleted, mathowie takes them all (blue, green, and gray), and puts them on a long page, that only registered users can see, filled with totally out-of-context deleted comments, all in a row. It is a whole page filled with nothing but “Muslims need to die”, and “No, fuck you.” and “This place is a total ass-haberdashery” and “She just needs a good rogering” and played out shit like welcoming overlords and things vibrating.

That sounds wonderful mommy.

It does, doesn’t it ND¢?

Mommy, if mathowie is good, why does he let people make comments that have to be deleted?

Well ND¢, mathowie made this world for us, but he doesn’t control our actions. He lets us decide whether to be good or not. It is up to all of us to try to be good, and not to let our comments get deleted. Now, is it bedtime, or do you have any other questions silly-billy?

Mommy, how come when daddy’s friend Ted comes over in the afternoons while daddy is at work, I have to go outside and play for an hour?

Mommy?
posted by ND¢ at 6:20 AM on January 13, 2006

Rated 3: I feel ur kicks.
posted by boo_radley at 6:43 AM on January 13, 2006

It'll never happen.
posted by Witty at 6:46 AM on January 13, 2006

Spain.
posted by jonmc at 6:52 AM on January 13, 2006

Hell, Timmy. They burn eternally in terrible pain and anguish in hell.

Now go back to bed.
posted by loquacious at 6:52 AM on January 13, 2006

I heard they get recycled into rap lyrics and novelty keychain slogans.
posted by Slack-a-gogo at 7:06 AM on January 13, 2006

Mommy, how come when daddy’s friend Ted comes over in the afternoons while you're at work, I have to go outside and play for an hour?

Mommy?
posted by OmieWise at 7:07 AM on January 13, 2006

Mommy, how come when Ted comes over, I send you and Daddy-

I'll stop there.
posted by jonmc at 7:27 AM on January 13, 2006

Bad comments are reincarnated as comments in less popular threads. They must prove their worth, or the cycle will begin anew. Truly worthless comments are finally transferred to a karmic limbo where they howl an empty vapid hungriness at each other.

On the plus side, every now and again, a comment will be so good, it will not be born again as a normal comment, it will move on to a better place. Some people call this place nirvana. Others know it simply as the sidebar.
posted by seanyboy at 7:29 AM on January 13, 2006

Bad comments are voted down, rewritten, and re-submitted to the queue.
posted by DrJohnEvans at 7:32 AM on January 13, 2006

New Jersey.
posted by Rothko at 7:32 AM on January 13, 2006

I submit them all to the wall of tolerance
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 7:33 AM on January 13, 2006

ND¢, you might find this ask.mefi helpful.
posted by shoepal at 8:29 AM on January 13, 2006

Mommy, why do people think that comments written in this style are cute and clever?
posted by smackfu at 9:11 AM on January 13, 2006

Because little kid is, like, the definition of cute, and anything remotely intelligent coming out of a tiny kid's mouth is clever.
posted by nobody at 9:25 AM on January 13, 2006

Mommy, I've been a bad, bad boy!
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 9:27 AM on January 13, 2006

They are removed from the site.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 9:54 AM on January 13, 2006