I’ve only deleted comments when I actually regret posting them, like if I was an absolute dick to someone who didn’t actually deserve it

One of the most downvoted posts I remember ever seeing was someone saying “But wasn’t he a psedophile and necrophile?” when Jimmy Saville died. That one turned around very quickly when all the stories came out in the media. Proof that sometimes you should stick to what you know is right.

Me deleting my entire account in shame because I got -2 downvotes

Your boos mean nothing to me; I've seen what you cheer!

I think North Korea is an unpleasant place to be, Taiwan isn't part of the PRC, and Stalin was a murderous dick. Makes me unpopular on Lemmy, but I gotta be me.

Yea sometimes I get downvotes but I know I'm right.

Sometimes I have upvotes on a cringe comment and delete those lol.

On Reddit I feel like people would just look for heavily downvoted comments to tag in and add their two cents, which could easily mean your inbox exploding, so I could understand deleting just to stop the flood, but generally I don't worry too much about deleting old comments just because people didn't agree with me.

I am too lazy and not petty enough to delete the comments I post. takes me too much effort to go thru with making one anyways

Definition of "I said what I said"

Take pride in your downvoted posts

The only time I delete comments is if I accidentally comment it twice.

Downvotes are a badge of honor.

The best are the downvotes without comment. To me they just read “Shit, thats a great point. But, I can’t outright admit to being wrong so downvote.”

I'll delete a comment if the entire comment is factually false. Otherwise it stays up.

My whole career on Stack Exchange…

Never back down never what?