That's right. If you really need to get rid of something you wrote, edit and take the text out. Or, if it's a double post or something like that, ask a moderator to delete it. We had a few instances of people accidentally deleting or posts "just disappearing," so we changed the settings a while ago.
Phyllis in Ukraine, with Jaan (AO grad), Raia (AO grad), Asya (age 17), Bogdan (age 13)