I think for safety if you want to delete your old post to avoid ranking down you can report/request to mods to delete it for you.
I think if they will delete the posts for you, then it might be tag as spammy, I actually thinking to delete all the reports I have made for so many bounties I have joined back in time, I even found a way to delete it automatically (using a bot) so after finding a bot, I thought I should see, if it is fine to delete 600 posts or not
I mean, if the moderators will delete them then it will look like I made those posts and they are spammy posts and of no use to the forum or anyone.
Well in case (they are just useful for the managers) just like the POA of joining any signature or bounty.
Well, I read many replies in this thread, and came to conclude that, we can delete our posts and it should not be a problem for us.
Here on this forum, we have at least two archives keeping copies of posts even if you delete them from your profile. So once you hit publish, you cannot really hide it after that.
Really! Can you mention the archives (the second one) where our posts are being copied. I am actually amazed to hear this. I thought, our posts are only saved in our draft which are deleted after 7 days I think. Wait, are you talking about the draft as the second archive? or is it any other place where our posts are saved?