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[Chrysanthemum]

Hello!

I apologize in advance for being pedantic, but I was a language teacher for many years, and there is a repetitive error on the Latest Breaking News Forum.

The sentence in question is: "This message was self-deleted by its author." This sentence makes no sense. If a message were self-deleted it would be like a self-driving car. There is no driver involved in a self-driving car, and there can be no author involved in a self-deleting message.

I believe the intended meaning of the sentence is: "This message was deleted by its author." Simple, no?

I'm curious if anyone else has noticed this. And I'd also love to know if the sentence can be corrected!

Thanks for reading!

All the best,
Chrysanthemum