Pretty sure its because this instance purges the whole comment chain below a comment when a comment is removed. Afaik this isnt typical behavior, most instances have a 'comment removed by mod' and shows the rest of the thread. Those comments arent technically removed, you can see them in people's profiles and in search results, so I assume its a quick mod to this server.
this post was submitted on 11 Jan 2024
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The thing is, as long as they are in the inbox, I can respond to them, and the others do react to those comments I leave. That also wouldnt explain why its like 80% missing, I highly doubt that this many people delete thier posts and comments
Nah its specifically some sort of tool the admins or mods use for this instance and its a little buggy. You can respond even though the thread is hidden because technically those comments werent deleted.
This is simply incorrect. It's a voyager feature, and it has been used exactly one time on this instance.
The problem the OP is describing is related to the way language settings are handled by Lemmy itself. They need to make sure they include their spoken languages and undetermined.
Idk about that, I don't experience this on any other instance
This isnt the only instance where this is happening thought? Its happening everywhere. And most of those comments don't break any rules either to warrent it being hidden?
[I got a bot to automatically delete all my comments over 1 month old so you can’t see this comment anymore]
Are you looking at those instances from blahaj? If so it would still happen
Why would they do this though, and how can I circumvent it?
Youd have to look from an alternate instance that can see blahaj's stuff afaik. Sometimes the whole thread can have distressing material in it, I figure thats part of it, though being able to turn it on and off seems more ideal
I mean, from the comments I got under my posts that where hidden, every single one seems perfectly fine. Nothing even remotely worthy of being hidden
That's not really an instance thing. Some apps offer the feature, and it's a feature I've used exactly once.
Is this what it is? It’s SUPER ANNOYING!
No, that's not what it is. It's a language setting issue which is a problem with Lemmy itself.
It's a language setting issue with Lemmy itself. You need to make sure your spoken languages and "undetermined" are selected in your preferences, otherwise the lemmy interface hides content from you if it doesn't have any language tags.
You may want to go into your Settings and under Languages select both "Undetermined," "English," and whatever else you want to see.
The settings page has a warning on it saying that if you deselect Undetermined you won't see most content, but in my experience, most content in my communities is in English and won't appear unless you've specifically selected it