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is there a way to read comments in deleted posts? (reddthat.com)

submitted 5 days ago by Flagstaff@programming.dev to c/lemmy@lemmy.ml

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This link was a really intriguing post entitled, "How did you get your job?" I was planning to read through some more of the comments (it got really popular quickly), but the author deleted the post for some reason!

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[–] Linuxdroid@lemmy.ml 2 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Totally agreed! This is one of the major strengths of Reddit: The removal of a post doesn't lead to the destruction of the entire comment history. This is also something I don't like about YouTube. If a video disappears, it takes the comment history with it.

[–] Flagstaff@programming.dev 1 points 18 hours ago

Dang. There's gotta be some way around this... Hmm... I suppose a fork would be needed, though, as an archival tool would probably be too much...