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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 1 year 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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[–] imaqtpie@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Totally agree. It also happens when a comment is removed and the whole tree of replies gets cut off at that point and is no longer viewable. It's definitely technically feasible because admins can still see removed posts/comments and all the replies, so I would imagine it's just a matter of time until the developers can get around to implementing that functionality for normal users.

[–] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 8 points 1 year ago

they need to just strip the content, not truncate the tree. kbin has similar issues