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Why can't comments be fully deleted on Lemmy? (discuss.tchncs.de)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by 712@discuss.tchncs.de to c/fediverse@lemmy.world

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When I delete a comment on Lemmy, people can still see that there used to be a comment by me that I later deleted. What’s the reasoning for that?

Edit: changed "post" to "comment".

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[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago

That display is dependent on your view into the fediverse. If it was deleted on your instance, yes. If viewed from a different instance, not necessarily..