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Strictly speaking you can do something about it - there’s nothing that says you have to run pure, unmodified lemmy code. However, unless you’re a hotshot dev yourself I wouldn’t expect it, and also deviating from the core codebase is not really something that should be encouraged.
It’s definitely something users should be aware of, though. At the end of the day we’re all putting a great deal of trust in our instance and its admin, even moreso than the lemmy developers.
As for your username being attached to the comment, that is an issue. I just checked, and yeah even logged out you still see it.
What needs to be done is the deleted comment should only have your username visible when you’re logged in - everyone else should see a blank username, maybe moderators should be able to see it though.
However I disagree about the timeout. I want to be able to recover my comments indefinitely. If there is to be a permanent deletion (and legally speaking there probably needs to be, one which removes it from the server) it should be an extra step.
However, once a comment had been federated to another instance, I believe that’s up to whatever instance it’s propagated to
Yeah that’s a very good point. However, your instance will have fulfilled its responsibility, at least.
At the end of the day though, anything you publish online should be considered lost, in a practical sense. Even if lemmy adds a feature to facilitate permanent deletion, it’s up to each instance to actually implement it - much like it would be up to internet scrapers to delete the content they collect from anywhere and everywhere.
lemmy isn’t without its bugs - like I mentioned in another comment, it’s now possible for users to view deleted comments, at least in certain apps (in Jerboa, if you start a reply to a deleted comment you’ll see it). But it’s steadily evolving.
I’m still waiting for more instance agnostic links for things. feddit.uk/comment/123456 is different to lemmy.world/comment/123456, but what we should have is something more like a federated host at feddit.uk/comment/123456, then copies should be lemmy.world/comment/123456.uk. As it is now, there is no straightforward way to go from a comment or post in one instance to the same in another. You have to manually search the community or user. I think maybe there are ways for apps to do this through the back-end API, but this should really be there on the front end. It’s annoying when someone gives you a link to another instance and you can’t reply to it.
It would probably be good to have a test instance - maybe that other one could be spun up with minimal resources and heavily restricted access?
I’d also suggest speaking to /u/sunaurus@lemm.ee. He seems to really knows his stuff. When shit hit the fan with bigger instances (DDOS attacks and SQL exploits), his instance was already immune and he still stepped up to the plate to help others sort things out.
I don’t think he comments much, he’s more of a coder. He’s like /u/tom@feddit.uk, if he was actually active lol.
Your previous link worked fine, although really it should have been an instance agnostic link like /c/theleftcantmeme@hexbear.net that way anyone from other instances could also find their way. The fact that you’re creating links specifically targeted at feddit.uk has me raising my eyebrow over your motive.
I should point out that my “The Left Can’t Meme” comment isn’t a politically oriented statement, rather it is a reference to the fact that you’re behaving just like extreme right-wingers. It seems like you’re merely the other side of the same ass-penny coin.
If we weren’t federated with you, you wouldn’t be here.
I don’t need someone to ask me how to moderate my community. Although, I do thank you for breaking my duck.
I was actually hoping this could’ve been the start of a conversation where you’d tell me why to allow your link and restore it. Instead, you’ve tried to circumvent me and apparently brought someone in to upvote your removed comment after it was gone.
I’m still open to discussion.