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?
hmmmm ive seen image-only comments viewed like this on lemmy when sent from non-lemmy platforms
example![.](https://cdn.catsweat.com/48/85/4885faa4e15ebf90feb7e804c75fec1643a8b2521fc2405be906cb96d678a54a.png)
that’s empty.
Empty here too.
Empty when viewing from Voyager
Empty for me on Jerboa
deleted by creator
Empty on Sync.
Empty on Thunder.
deleted by creator
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.
deleted by creator