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In the last few weeks, I frequently see some empty comments. It's just the username and no text beneath.

Is there a deeper reason behind this? Do people nowadays strip away the text instead of deleting a comment? Or did some script surface that 'makes the internet forget'? First I thought people did this before deleting a comment and the deletion just didn't get federated. But I scrolled through some older posts and they also still have comments like that, so that can't be it. Right?

Can anyone educate me?

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[–] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 42 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

hmmmm ive seen image-only comments viewed like this on lemmy when sent from non-lemmy platforms

example .

[–] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 22 points 4 months ago (8 children)
[–] rufus@discuss.tchncs.de 31 points 4 months ago
[–] JetpackJackson@feddit.de 10 points 4 months ago

Empty here too.

Empty when viewing from Voyager

[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 8 points 4 months ago

Empty for me on Jerboa

[–] jadedwench@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

Empty on Sync.

[–] Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 months ago

Empty on Thunder.

[–] Zak@lemmy.world 13 points 4 months ago (1 children)

This comment does not show an image when viewed on lemmy.world. The image is also missing viewed on lemm.ee. The original Mastodon post does have an image.