Should we allow comment deletion after a set time?

Question

During a fairly heated exchange regarding this question

https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/41802/is-there-any-restrictions-on-driving-a-private-car-from-the-uk-to-the-african-co?noredirect=1#comment77517_41802

A number of user posted comments which were not constructive and quite snarky. I have fairly thick skin and such things don't really bother me however the subsequent rebuttal comments by other posters, which took time to craft, now make no sense and are a complete waste of time and effort.

As well as the waste the conversation has absolutely no context or narrative for anyone else coming to the question to read it.

In addition, allowing comment deletion lets users post insults, baiting comments or other type activities and then delete the comment after having trolled the question or answer.

Should we limit the timeframe for comment deletion?

Answer 1

When people have removed their comments, it's always possible (and indeed very common) to flag the out-of-context comments for mods to 'clean up' the conversation.

Also be very careful not to get dragged into 'snarky' debates - if someone says something offensive, flag it for a mod, but do NOT 'return fire' :) (This isn't aimed at you or anyone in particular, more for future readers of this thread).

The timeframe isn't controllable by the mods on Travel.SE. It may be something worth posting on meta.SE as a feature-request, but considering the number of times I've added a comment and realised in 30 seconds that I'd misunderstood, so removed my comment, I don't expect it's something that'd be implemented.