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Yes. But by default the instances delete the content when the request comes.
Clients like voyager and summit do show your comment because the reference exist on your profile but others cannot discover it because the post itself is gone from all feeds.
So what you're saying is it's an instance choice (and instance admin) issue? Mine shows reply comments on deleted comments. You might reflect this in OP... Likely new admins don't know to turn it off as well.
You have to modify lemmy or piefed code to not delete the post from server instances upon request. It happens automatically.
The comments stay and can be viewed on your profile. But they cannot be discovered by others because the post which reveals them to the outside world is gone.
Comments work a bit differently. When you look at a post, and a comment is deleted you can still see its reply comments.
So post is always the starting point of discovery. If you delete that everything inside is effectively gone—like removing the only door into a room.
Hope that made sense.
Thanks, makes sense now.
Still seems like a (server) code level problem to provide sensible handling rather than having to try to notify all users of an unintuitive behavior. I'm guessing piefed would likely listen, lemmy perhaps less so.
It's a per-instance choice, yes. Comments though are handled differently. A deleted comment doesn't delete the thread or any surrounding comments, just itself. The issue at hand is when a post is deleted it also deletes all comments with it. Unlike reddit where a deleted post would still have all the comments and discussions below it.
Pretty damn sure that's exactly what I see. It just says 'deleted' or some such and carries on. Makes sense for an instance like .ml where censorship is the goal, much less elsewhere. Are you sure there isn't an off switch?
No, it's not a per instance choice unless you go and edit the code. Deleting a post hides the whole thing but comments are still available via a user profile.