What is the purpose of the delete button?

I opened one of my deleted images and i saw the delete button, and when pressing it it asked me to add a reason why to delete that post... So if a post is already deleted, why is there a delete button? O_o

http://e621.net/data/preview/deleted.png

Why does it matter? It's on a DELETED post

Arcturus said:
Why does it matter? It's on a DELETED post

Curiosity.

Wild guess :

After being flagged for deletion, a post isn't completely deleted, only the picture is, it then is only accessible from deletion list or poster's profile.

Deletion button deletes it for real, leaving a 404 when trying to view this ID.

Posts are never permanently deleted.

tony311 said:
Posts are never permanently deleted.

Yeah i know that, that is why i asked about the delete button :/

tony311 said:
Posts are never permanently deleted.

Not true. We have the ability to permanently flush out a deleted post from the system.

mellis said:
Not true. We have the ability to permanently flush out a deleted post from the system.

Well that answers my question. Thx.

mellis said:
Not true. We have the ability to delete a row from the database.

Quick! encrypt the garbage file! they are breaching our firewall!

mellis said:
Not true. We have the ability to permanently flush out a deleted post from the system.

Ah, just I've never seen an actual page 404'd.

Kitsu~ said:
Quick! encrypt the garbage file! they are breaching our firewall!

OH NO YOU FIGURED OUT OUR SUPER SECRET DELETION METHOD. You are so clever.

Kitsu~ said:
Quick! encrypt the garbage file! they are breaching our firewall!

lol XD