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Comment by remram | Hacker News Reader

Wouldn't it be easier to just... not comment? What's the benefit of leaving "[deleted]" comments all over, for you or anyone else?

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That would take will power and fix the problem.

In the modern world we download another app and then feel better despite nothing having changed.

Why not an extension that makes the "save" button cancel instead?

How can you put effort writing a comment if you know it will be deleted before people read it? How can you bear to keep your deleter enabled after you just posted a comment you thought interesting?

And quite frankly, how do you justify going into other people's threads and littering them with useless "[deleted]" comments on purpose?

Sometimes I need to ask a question on niche communities that don't have a Discord or forum

So you get value from the community, and leave a trail of confusing deleted comments for the others? What experience remains if everyone would do the same - Kant's "categorical imperative" would imply this is unethical.

I don't care about what someone else considers ethical. If I'm making Reddit worse it's all good with me

Do you consider it ethical?

Sure. Why should Reddit profit off of my content?

Reddit the company or Reddit the million of users like you?

You contribute to the view count and other engagement metrics while littering useless "[deleted]" comments, which do you think you are hurting?

If deleting my comments makes reddit painful to use then it hurts reddit in the end... But it seems to be affecting you on a personal level so I'll start doing it more now

As long as you are honest your goal is hurting people, I can understand your move.

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