EtA:
Meta: Oops, sorry, I just realized you asked to comment on Facebook. I will x-post. Why do you prefer comments on Facebook?
Strongly agree, with the following additional points.
If I change my mind a very short time after having posted (seconds / minutes), I might delete it and reach out to people that engaged with the post in private. Although still probably just better to change the privacy settings.
If someone tells me my post might be information hazard, I use the “Specific friends” sharing-option, and only share it with them. I then proceed to discuss with them about whether I agree this is information hazard; I might ask a few other people for second opinions if it seems warranted. I then decide whether to make the post visible again.
When I hide a post (which is rare), I will usually use the “Specific friends” sharing-option to keep everyone that already engaged with it.
I will also sometimes (but rarely) change the privacy settings from public to friends-only.
Tangential point
As a Facebook mod/admin, when deleting a pending post, post, comment or reply, I think it’s courteous to send the text to the person in private message so that they don’t loose that information (at least, when it’s not obvious spam / ill-intended).
EtA: Meta: Oops, sorry, I just realized you asked to comment on Facebook. I will x-post. Why do you prefer comments on Facebook?
Strongly agree, with the following additional points.
If I change my mind a very short time after having posted (seconds / minutes), I might delete it and reach out to people that engaged with the post in private. Although still probably just better to change the privacy settings.
If someone tells me my post might be information hazard, I use the “Specific friends” sharing-option, and only share it with them. I then proceed to discuss with them about whether I agree this is information hazard; I might ask a few other people for second opinions if it seems warranted. I then decide whether to make the post visible again.
When I hide a post (which is rare), I will usually use the “Specific friends” sharing-option to keep everyone that already engaged with it.
I will also sometimes (but rarely) change the privacy settings from public to friends-only.
Tangential point
As a Facebook mod/admin, when deleting a pending post, post, comment or reply, I think it’s courteous to send the text to the person in private message so that they don’t loose that information (at least, when it’s not obvious spam / ill-intended).
Sorry for the confusing tag! It’s an artifact of the automated cross-posting, and is not asking you to go comment somewhere else.