Originally Posted by
Mongah
The other was that people were deleting posts all the time for whatever reason then the staff was bombarded with requests to delete any reply that had the deleted post quoted in it or delete the quote.
Well, that's still an issue now. If I change my post to "deleted," I'd likely ask the mod anyway to remove any subsequent posts of my quote. In and of itself, this functionality doesn't really affect that practice in a positive or negative way.
Originally Posted by
Mongah
At least now if someone edits their post and just puts "Deleted", people know it was their and the author edited it.
A valid point I hadn't considered. Stirring up debate (especially in a trollish manner) and then deleting your post allows you to slink away unnoticed (as long as your post wasn't quoted), whereas you can remain at least tangentially responsible for your words (and your share of trouble-making) if people can see you had something to say, even if you later decided you were irresponsible and retracted what you said.