I think deleting posts is an important feature, but it should only remove the content of the post, not hide the associated comments. The post is created by the OP, so they should be able to remove it, but comments are created by other users and so there’s no reason why the OP should have the power to remove them.
I think deleting posts is an important feature, but it should only remove the content of the post, not hide the associated comments. The post is created by the OP, so they should be able to remove it, but comments are created by other users and so there’s no reason why the OP should have the power to remove them.
https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/5525
How would that work in practice though?
Changing the post title, content, and author to something like “[deleted]” while keeping comments visible should be sufficient.