What's the reason for the empty comments, lately? (discuss.tchncs.de)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by rufus@discuss.tchncs.de to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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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)

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

[-] rufus@discuss.tchncs.de 31 points 4 months ago

that's empty.

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