Thanks for bringing it to a common user. Yes, I know about all the facts you have mentioned in this post. Deleting old posts and republishing them is a crime unless you delete it immediately in case you find something serious mistake with it.

For instance, I have done it twice in my journey of over 15 months on this platform. Once, because I forgot to set null but used the burnsteem tag. I simply deleted, set beneficiary and republished it but that was within hours of publishing it.

Again I did it when I realized that I had posted in the wrong community. I deleted it within hours.

I clearly can see what has been added or deleted from a post as I often check through various tools available for the same. Thanks for such a nice post which should educate users not to do this for undue financial gains.