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

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 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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[-] neme@lemm.ee 3 points 5 months ago

Probably same reason as here: https://lemm.ee/post/35007837

[-] rufus@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 5 months ago

Hmmh, not sure. I think broken images show up with some character. But that post also has one comment that shows empty in one App and text plus a picture on a different App. I think I need some time and figure out what it does on the computer.

[-] aodhsishaj@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago

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