When I was 9 years old, I got a ZX Spectrum, and I learned programming on that.

This was in 1989. The ZX Spectrum was already way past it's best-by date, only I didn't realise it at the time.

Still, there I was, writing my BASIC games, waiting for the PC fad to end, hoping for a ZX Spectrum revival so I could publish and sell my ZX Spectrum games and everybody would be playing them.

It took me a couple of years to catch up with reality. Still, there is no stopping progress. It's kinda pointless to complain about it.

torhu does make a good point... but then again, everybody leave Windows and switch to Linux is also a good point...

You can't delete posts because of spammers and trolls that would abuse such a feature. Be careful when pushing that post button. You can always edit your post, but again to avoid abuse the history of edits is available. If you accidentally post something that should not be made public you can appeal to Matthew Leverton himself to make an exception and remove it. This would have probably worked more reliably in the past when the site was more active and he was more likely to notice such an appeal sooner, but I'd still expect him to get it before long...

Honestly, the forum software here is magical. It's nearly perfect. It's simple, efficient, and reliable (with few exceptions). You couldn't ask for better software. A few have asked Matthew to release the code on several occasions so that it could be used elsewhere!

As for the community, it used to be the best that you could ask for. That has largely eroded due to people growing up and getting a life, "social justice warriors" making fun discussions disallowed ("NO FUN between the hours of midnight and 23:59!"), and the relative decline in demand for a C-based low-level 2D game library. It still has some of the best people around though. Many of them are just lurking these days, only popping in to say hi after a few months of inactivity, or to respond to a particularly interesting topic with which they have expertise.

What I'm trying to say is, pleeeeeeeeease, pleeeeeeease, don't leave me.

Append:

I'm assuming you did ask ML to do something and he told you no. That occasionally happens, and you won't always agree with every choice he makes, but it comes up rarely enough that it doesn't really interfere with your enjoyment of the site or community. The burden of administering a server is quite high. You will end up with that same problem no matter who is hosting it.

A lurker ! Another one !!!

Not being able to delete your posts is a dumb reason to call for everybody to vacate the forum. My only minor gripe with this forum is the lack of some niceties like a quote post button.

Oh god! Lurkers!

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Some truths:

• I always delete things - including entire accounts - when people request it, although I'll usually try to figure out what exactly it is they want deleted before wiping years worth of valuable answers on the programming thread.

  
  

• To my recollection, Torhu has never requested to me that anything specifically be removed. And if so, see the prior point.

  
  

• Even if there were a way to self delete certain content, it would just be a false sense of privacy. Once you post, it's there. I'm sorry, but the Googlebots have collected it. The NSA has stored it and sold it to the Russians.

  
  

• As I've mentioned before, the post revision log is only accessible to authenticated members, so regular search engines will never find content that you've edited.

edit: just to test if I can't access this when not logged in.

I would do her.

How about letting her, me, and everyone else delete their posts if they want to? You delete spammer accounts anyway, so what's the issue?

Let's join the StackExchange family where only those with high reputation can see deleted posts

Finally we will be able to upvote novel-sized rant posts and offer bounty in the off topic section! Best of all, we can select a Best Answer on a philosophical rant!

allegro.stackexchange.com

Good catch, mate

If that's true, you should stop using that site. And so should everyone else.

No, it isn't. And would that mean I have have to drink my own pee?

Post something on the internet, and it will get cached or saved somewhere else on the internet. It's a guarantee. If you don't want someone knowing something, don't post it on the internet