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RE: Steemit DELETES some posts randomly, as in they DISAPPEAR! What the hell? THIS MUST BE FIXED!!
What's funny is that I have yet found a way to delete my own post! Can't even edit them after a while. Apparently they become permanent after a while. Makes you wonder who actually owns the content after receiving our rewards. @ironshield
Copyright is always retained by the original author. The purpose of a censorship resistant blockchain social media platform would not be achieved if the deletion of content was allowed. Once something is on the blockchain, it is there permanently. You can edit it, so that what is displayed on Steemit is an empty deleted post, but the original post is still visible on the blockchain itself. This is by design a feature of the Steem blockchain.
Anybody can look back and check the edits, see what's going on. It's good especially for scammers and the likes! The whole community can be made aware