# Why are (topic deleted by author) messages shown?

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-are-topic-deleted-by-author-messages-shown/94913>\
**Category:** Meta Discussion\
**Created:** [February 20, 2023, 12:09pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-are-topic-deleted-by-author-messages-shown/94913 "2023-02-20T12:09:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![ufechner7](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/ufechner7/32/51363_2.png) [@ufechner7](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ufechner7)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2023, 12:09pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-are-topic-deleted-by-author-messages-shown/94913/1 "2023-02-20T12:09:53Z")

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Why are deleted topics shown on the front page? Why are they shown at all?

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**Author:** ![tbeason](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/tbeason/32/15898_2.png) [@tbeason](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/tbeason)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2023, 1:16pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-are-topic-deleted-by-author-messages-shown/94913/2 "2023-02-20T13:16:53Z")

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I think they disappear after a while.

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**Author:** ![ericphanson](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/ericphanson/32/215186_2.png) [@ericphanson](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ericphanson)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2023, 2:14pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-are-topic-deleted-by-author-messages-shown/94913/3 "2023-02-20T14:14:01Z")

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I think it’s an anti-spam/abuse measure, to prevent malicious actors from posting spam/abusive messages (so the messages or the titles get some visibility) then deleting them before they can get reported to moderators. This way they stay around in a deleted state for some time (a day I think?), so if there were tons of them it would be noticeable and folks could check the history/edits to report them if needed.

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**Author:** ![ufechner7](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/ufechner7/32/51363_2.png) [@ufechner7](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ufechner7)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2023, 3:54pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-are-topic-deleted-by-author-messages-shown/94913/4 "2023-02-20T15:54:33Z")

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Thanks for the explanation!