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

submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[-] [email protected] 41 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

hmmmm ive seen image-only comments viewed like this on lemmy when sent from non-lemmy platforms

example

[-] [email protected] 22 points 3 weeks ago

[-] [email protected] 31 points 3 weeks ago

that's empty.

[-] [email protected] 10 points 3 weeks ago

Empty here too.

[-] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago

Empty when viewing from Voyager

[-] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago

Empty for me on Jerboa

[-] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago

i can see it from fedia.io (mbin)

[-] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

Empty on Sync.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

Empty on Thunder.

[-] [email protected] 13 points 3 weeks ago

This comment does not show an image when viewed on lemmy.world. The image is also missing viewed on lemm.ee. The original Mastodon post does have an image.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

curiously, i can see images in both the lemmy.world and lemm.ee post links you included in your comment (as well as the image from the og mastodon post). the originals must have been posted from kbin or mbin instances since i'm using fedia.io which is an mbin instance

this post was submitted on 21 Jun 2024

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