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		logicallee on June 15, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I've been scrubbed why edit to say what it had said, rather than delete in turn? (parent had posted and edited within < 5 minutes)

vonklaus on June 15, 2015 [–]

Bit ironic really. This article is about the preservation of content. I personally dislike coming into threads and seeing a deleted conversations, so I try not to delete my comments.

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