Why do Lemmy users delete their comments? (lemmy.today)

submitted 1 year ago by Slow@lemmy.today to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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I haven’t noticed this phenomenon on other social networks, but I’ve seen it a lot here.

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[-] CorrodedCranium@leminal.space 6 points 1 year ago

It might be other platforms not saying a comment has been deleted or users here being more likely to engage with content and delete it for various reasons.

For example a post said "What was wierdest gift you've received this years?" and someone may have missed the this year and told a story about a prior Christmas. They could have also accidentally replied to a different comment instead of the post itself.

Lemmy also uses up and down votes like Reddit so maybe they got a few too many down votes and just deleted it.

Not sure though. Just spitballing.

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