To ignore or to delete (a question)

[lpheller]

TL;DR Deleting a Question flashes an unexpected "ignored" notification as the underlaying action doesn’t really delete the question.

I recently published a gibberish post by mistake and wanted to delete it immediately. But the notification said something like "Post ignored,". I checked the source code and found out that it's apparently correct and the delete labeled button doesn't actually delete the post but rather ignores it.

I don't understand why that's necessary and why I, as a user, can't fully delete my junk.

If there are reasons why posts shouldn't be permanently deleted right away, then why not use soft deletes? That would also clean up queries like where("is_ignored", false).

Otherwise, it should either be made clear to the user that the post is being ignored and thus the action should be correctly labeled with "ignore" or adjust it so that the notification message matches the action and the user doesn't even notice that the post wasn't actually deleted.

But personally I don’t really get the reason for using "ignore“ instead of delete in the first place, but maybe I’m missing something?