I know this is a thing on Reddit where idiot kids will circumvent ToS and subreddit rules by deleting their commment because it remains as a notification, while removing any reportable trace, but that’s not how Lenny works. Deleted comments show that a person commented but does not show they comment.

So, why is this so common?

(If this isn’t the place to ask, my apologies. I just don’t know what the right pace to ask it is if this isn’t the one. Also. I’m blocking all the clowns that think it’s funny to comment and delete.)

sometimes I say something dumb then realize it's dumb.

And that makes sense, however, it seems to happens way to frequently.

I've been on Reddit for 10+yrs and can't remember getting a notification without a comment sitting there to read. Based on that, I assumed that if the comment was deleted, that would cancel the notification. *shrug*

I’ve only deleted when I realized I broke a community’s rules.

message to delete

On Reddit, you can comment horrific shit and insult people and then delete it. That person will still get the message, but if you try to go to the message thread, it won’t be there. Therefore you cannot report it.

Essentially, they get to harass you with impunity.

That isn’t how lemmy works though.

Yes, I understood your argument for that being how it works.

I'm saying I don't recall seeing it work like that. Well, at least not recently. Maybe I'm forgetting from a few years ago or something.

Sometimes mine spins and then posts twice. Sometimes i realize that I'm replying to the wrong comment. Sometimes the typos and autocowrongs are so bad that it's unintelligible. Sometimes the written words don't come across the way i intended. 🤷

Yeah. It works like that. At least it did as of a few weeks ago. I’ve since left Reddit, but I’m assuming it’s still the same.

I remember seeing people as far back as 5 or 6 years ago asking Reddit mods/admins to do something about it, but clearly they’re fine with it being that way and would rather perma-ban people for making easily provable mistakes.

I get that. But I think the frequency of it lends to it being more than just that. It happens a lot.

I typically stick with what I say, for better or for worse. But I have deleted maybe two comments in the past; usually because I recognized how poorly I reacted and felt the person didn’t deserve my stupidity.

Same. I believe people should have the strength of conviction to stand by their opinions. I’ve said shit that probably should be removed, and some of it has, but I felt it needed to be said. It’s the risk one takes when using social media.

Is it possible you don't have reply notifications enabled?

I've always known it to work this way. Unless it's changed recently, it likely still does.

It is not common for me to see deleted comments. Do you tend to see this in certain communities?

I shall not tell

I wouldn’t say it’s community specific, but it’s usually on controversial threads where people tend to debate a lot. It never happens at all where the discussion is friendly and neutral.

😂

My top two reasons are realizing I posted somewhere I maybe shouldn’t and realizing I shared personal identifying information. A bit too late for the latter once it’s out there but you can’t win ‘em all 🤷🏼‍♀️

The other day someone posted an interesting boundary map of their farthest travels and I thought it was a fun idea, made my own and uploaded it and realized after posting that a Europe comm might not want Americans posting so I deleted it for example.

I most certainly do.

Deleted.

Created by deletor

Just commenting to point out that all three of those people have commented and then deleted their comments on this post too 😂

So, why is this so common?

You know that social media makes the brain smaller and smaller.

So, when there's hardly any brain left anymore, but comments are still pouring out...

/s

That’s where I took the screenshots from. They think they’re being funny.

Guess you just haven't triggered any trolls who pull this, then.

I'm pretty dumb.

Ohh I thought it was another post and all three had done the same thing here, damn

I did it because trump won a second term and made some pretty threatening comments about people doing/saying the things I said. so I got rid of them.

that said, I stopped for two reasons;

1. it's a pita and my comments are federated to other instances anyway
2. 

My dudes we can do the funniest thing ever

Sometimes it's because I've said something stupid or that, in hindsight, comes off as stupid.

Usually it's because my comment has sparked an argument that I lose interest in continuing.

we are being funny

Chode

That’s a fair point. However, most of the time, it’s a comment made and deleted within minutes.

Your dudes are already doing what they think is the funniest thing ever. And I’d imagine commenting and deleting just to troll someone is against the rules of the community.

Let’s find out….

Oh no, once there's an argument, you can't delete the comment anymore. You've created something and it has taken root, you must own it. You don't abort a child after it has been born, went to school, got a degree, married and had kids of its own, do you?

Nope. It was here. It’s just gradeshool clowns that think they’re being funny. I’ve blocked them. That type of dumbfuckery is usualt of no use down the road so it’s no great loss.

And funny

It happens more here, for some reason, that I comment on the post instead of under another comment, so I delete the one and writes a new.

^-- This

Not with that attitude

Do let me be a bit provocative here: why did you pose the question if you don't accept the answers?

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[blocked]

How have I not accepted the answers? There’s been plenty of good responses, and some kids that think they’re funny. What in your opinion, have I not accepted.

[sadface]

But to give you a serious answer, I sometimes delete stuff because I don’t want my wisdom eaten by AI to enrich the bastards.

Usually for me I say something that pisses people off and get tired of people replying to it. It often happens when I shit talk Canada.

Why would you shit talk Canada? They’re pretty lovely if you ask me.