A screenshot, taken way before rexxit, of two comments on reddit, dated “1 year ago”.

The first comment is by a deleted user and the comment has been removed. The second comment is a reply to the deleted comment and it says: “That solved it. Thanks!”

Edit: added temporal context.

  • ProximaChad@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Mass deleting comments is something that just makes us feel better. Reddit still profited off the post with people clicking on it. They just see a deleted message instead of an answer.

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        1 year ago

        I think as long as the original post is up it would hit enough key words but I could be wrong. Deleting the actual post is more effective than the comments.