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I don't get mayflys. As I understand them, the purpose of a mayfly is to post a quick question and then to delete the thread as soon as it's answered so as not to clutter up the main page. And I figure people label it as a mayfly so that when the thread is deleted others won't get upset.
That all makes sense. Except I just did a search on mayflys, and the search function came up with tons of them. I clicked on as many as I could and well over half of them are still in existence. So what's the point?
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Sometimes mayfly threads become actual conversations, and when that happens, people generally tend to be reluctant to delete them.
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I like mayflys that are "hey so and so, your email bounced" But I don't think mayfly threads about something, anything are of any purpose. If you have a question, post it, then don't delete it.
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