Currently on Lemmy, when a comment is deleted by its creator, all of the replies to that comment become “hidden”. If I know who replied, and I go to their profile, I can still see the replies. The count of the number of comments indicated next to the post also includes the “hidden” replies. However, the replies to the deleted comment do not appear in the post. On Reddit, if a comment is deleted by its creator, it remains in the post with comment deleted by creator or something like that, and all of the replies to thatcomment remain visible in the post. Is there a way to do this on Lemmy?

  • Pons_Aelius
    6•1 year ago

    Personal view.

    If I make a comment, only the mod and myself should be able to remove it.

    It should not be up to a user I reply to if my comment should be visible.

    • @redpenOP
      2•1 year ago

      This is what I want. How can I get this?

      • Pons_Aelius
        -1•1 year ago

        You want to delete others comments?

        Mod your own community or create your own instance.

        • @redpenOP
          2•1 year ago

          No, I don’t want to delete others comments. I want others’ comments to not be deleted when the original commentor deletes the original comment that starts a comment thread.

          • Pons_Aelius
            1•1 year ago

            Ah. Then you are in luck. That’s what happens now for me on KBIN and I think it is the case with Lemmy as well.

            • @redpenOP
              1•1 year ago

              Is that a setting somewhere? Because that is not how it behaves on my end. Deleting a comment hides all replies.

              • Pons_Aelius
                0•1 year ago

                Sorry. I have never used lemmy, so I don’t know if it is a setting or not.

                Can any lemmy users reading this clarify for redpen?