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Lemmy needs real deletion, not just soft‑delete/hiding
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Good on you for realizing you were wrong, I'll upvote that.
However, as for the behavior it's standard forum functionality. People may respond to your comment, and then you delete it. You individually have the right to remove all discussion underneath, and future users need to understand there was something there.
That makes sense — I understand why placeholders exist to keep threads readable and avoid breaking the structure of conversations. I’m not asking for replies to disappear or for threads to collapse.
What I’m trying to explore is whether the user‑side deletion experience can be improved while still keeping that structure intact. Even if perfect deletion across all servers isn’t possible, having clearer control over what remains visible on the home instance would go a long way.
I appreciate the explanation; it helps put the current behavior in context.