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The one thing I miss from reddit: Being able to look at and continue conversations in deleted posts. (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 10 months ago by _cnt0@sh.itjust.works to c/lemmy@lemmy.ml
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I really like lemmy and have stopped using reddit months ago. My only real gripe with lemmy is the title: when a conversation gets going in the comment section, that gets killed when the post is deleted, for whatever reason. I can't even go back to a conversation and have a look at the comment threads to "dwell in nostalgia" (or whatever) if the post to the comment section gets deleted. Piecing the threads together from the inbox and my comments on my profile, and continuing a discussion via direct messages is cumbersome and kind of antithetical.

So, feature request, I guess: Enable retrieving comment sections of deleted (removed from community) posts. Bonus points if new comments could be added after the deletion (/removal) of a post.

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[-] _cnt0@sh.itjust.works 3 points 10 months ago

The scenario I laid out clearly doesn't involve mods or admins. Though mods' or admins' intervention has the same effect. As pointed out by at least one mod here in the comments, it is problematic from their perspective too, because nuking entire threads by deleting one comment or post is a technical limitation, not a moderation issue

this post was submitted on 11 Nov 2023
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