When I delete a comment on Lemmy, people can still see that there used to be a comment by me that I later deleted. What’s the reasoning for that?

Edit: changed “post” to “comment”.

  • Widdershins@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    What’s the harm if you leave it up? I would rather see graffiti on a building than the sandblasted outline of where the graffiti was.

    • 712@discuss.tchncs.deOP
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      4 days ago

      Yes, if I need to choose between the graffiti and the sandblasted outline of it, I’d also pick the graffiti. But if I could power wash the graffiti and make it non-conceivable, I’d prefer that.