Didn't do wrong in my book.
In my opinion, only mods should have that power anyway, from the start.
I'm glad he did it the way he did, because he was able to figure out, 1, how the delete thread feature may be used, and 2, how often its really used, and its kinda funny that Brad of all people who kept trying to delete his threads because he himself wanted to leave is the one making a stink about it.
This is the internet. If you're not 100% sure of what you're posting, don't do it. And if you do something stupid in the heat of the moment, or because of a misunderstanding, own up to it, so there's no reason to delete anything.

I'm no longer on staff, but this is something I'm completely in favor of. The fact I could theoretically write a topic calling someone every foul name in the book, leave it up for 10 minutes, then erase it and get away with it since there's no proof I did it in the first place is problematic to say the least. Instead of being angry with the staff for making this change, be angry with the ones who caused this change to have to be made in the first place.

I don't think it was unprofessional or underhanded or any other name in the book. For one thing, like it or not, Jayde is an admin. Administrators generally have the latitude on most platforms to act in the best interests of the platform or service. If any of the admins needed permission from the rest for something as small as a trial of this nature, that's a pretty sad state of affairs.

This change carried no harm whatsoever, and it was done to try to catch someone in the act of a wrong doing, and by the sounds of it, it's been reverted until a decision can be made.

I'm leaving because people on this forum are too confusing.
You want the mods to crack down on bullying and do stuff to improve the forum,then you get mad when they actually do. Then we have people overreacting, demanding Jayde gets demoted.
I'm done. I'm tired. I'm leaving the forum

Yeah, I will agree that the delete link should be disabled in favor of just editing your post to say [deleted] or whatever. Then it doesn't mess up thread-coherency for one thing, and lets other people see how often someone is deleting their posts.

@59
I don't think that particular instance was malice.  It's just easy to lose an argument and then delete your half of the argument, and in that instance it was someone getting mad for some reason I don't remember because I didn't make libaudioverse sound nice with screen readers by capitalizing the A and the V, which is a good way to set yourself up to lose an argument very, very badly.

The delete button is the "I didn't think" button and instead of learning that you should think, you learn that there's a "I didn't think" button, which is entirely the wrong lesson.

Agreed with 64, and that's why whenever I write a post out here I try to remember that the delete button, for me, at least, is not an option, else the post doesn't merrit writing.

@64, I know, but I was pointing out that other instances in future could be used with a malicious intent behind them.

Agree fully with Camlorn post 55. Not a super big fan of how the decision was made, but hey. I am in full support of the decision, and since Jayde has admitted there may have been better ways to go about it, I'm not going to press the issue. We're beating a dead horse by arguing about it at this point guys.

The only two reasons I have ever considered deleting threads are: 1. I posted something which hasn't gotten a single valuable response despite being up for years, and probably won't be noticed any time soon, or 2. If the responses  I did get were justifiably calling me out on something stupid. If I remember right, I only deleted one thread for the latter reason, but still. This forum is easily searchable, both on the forum itself or by Google or other search engines so far as I'm aware, and a small part of me fears that my distant past could easily come up by a simple search, and if not, it's a simple matter of combing through my topics to find incriminating stuff. My own past mistakes and my guilt over them do drive me to delete the rare thread, and I can sympathize a bit with those who wish to delete some of their own threads. But I still do not believe it is reasonable to expect this to be a thing. Many forums don't allow deletion of threads. Heck, many forums do not even allow you to edit your posts after 24 hours.

Once you post something on the Internet, it's out there. Admittedly this is a double-edged sword. You could very easily slander someone and scar them for life (cyber-bullying, hacking etc.) But it also helps in good ways too, because it is a constant reminder that actions have consequences, in real life and especially on the Internet. Regardless of your beliefs on what your rights should be on a forum, everyone will have to face the reality that anything they put on the Internet is not fully their's to control. Once it leaves your computer's ram and is uploaded to a server, it's out of your hands. Just as anything you say reaches the other person's mind as soon as it leaves your lips. You can't magically undo what you've said or take it back, so the fact that this forum, and some others allowed you to delete whole conversations for the longest time, and still allows you to delete posts, is going quite against the norm of society here. I think technology has given people the facade that they are in full control of what they say even after they've said it, and if you think about it long enough, it's a very very dangerous mindset to have especially when you're 12 and aren't mature enough to know any better/different. It's so easy to make a habit of washing away all the evidence if you're about to be caught or if you're giving yourself a guilt trip over what you've done. Those reactions aren't unreasonable per say. Like I say, I do sympathize, but it just concerns me how often such abilities seem to be taken for granted by people who are far from a crisis and would only use those features for their own satisfaction.

I agree with The Great Carver, post 60, that if the delete thread feature weren't abused, it would be nice to have when it was truly necessary, but admittedly I can't think of any time it's actually been justified properly. I'm sure it has at some point though, I just didn't see it.

I stayed away for 10 months I believe?

sometimes, due to net lag, the site produces duplicate posts and I end up having to delete one, so for that reason, I would like that function to remain. Totally not against losing the ability to delete threads, though.