It takes time and consideration putting one’s thoughts to words, but we do it because we think it might make a difference.
Coming online to check threads I have replied to and seeing that they’ve vanished, it’s kind of disheartening. That time and consideration I donated was erased. It discourages me from offering anything further.
This is a downside to deleting threads. Please weigh the impact to the community and friendliness of the forum in your decisions to make topics go away.