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Why can't we properly delete comments? (self.feddituk)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by Robbo to c/feddituk

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When I "delete" a comment, all it does is replace the text with "deleted by creator". It doesn't even hide my username. This is different from previous behaviour where the comment was entirely removed from the public view.

I should be in control of my comment. If I want to delete it then it should be entirely removed - at least from the public view. I don't want to make comments knowing that I'm permenantly etching my username into the stone of the thread forever with no ability to delete it. I'm highly put off from engaging now that I can't reliably delete what I write.

Being able to undo the deletion is fine but the undo really should only last 1h or maybe 24h before the comment is properly deleted.

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[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

It takes time. Things I've deleted still show up as "deleted by creator" but only for maybe a day or two. After that, they completely vanish and I'm unable to find them even with a saved link.

I don't know if this is because of the undo feature, or just the inherent nature of how lemmy sends things around to other instances.

That said...

I don't want to make comments knowing that I'm permenantly etching my username into the stone of the thread forever with no ability to delete it.

You shouldn't be posting online at all then. Even if the service you use works flawlessly and timely in obeying your request for deletion, it doesn't affect any number of other factors that could cement your posts online forever. This used to be rule 1 of the Internet: don't post anything you don't want out in the world forever. Someone or something can be archiving and reposting anything and everything you or anyone else posts anywhere on the public Internet.