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I, too, find that the deleted comments get in the way, but I'd propose a simpler structure. We mods and admins don't need to see the entire structure in an overview; we just need to know that ther...
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#1: Initial revision
by
Monica Cellio
·
2020-08-05T17:50:41Z (over 4 years ago)
I, too, find that the deleted comments get in the way, but I'd propose a simpler structure. We mods and admins don't need to see the entire structure in an overview; we just need to know that there *are* deleted comments (and how many) and have a way to show them. I propose that there are three states:
1. undeleted comments only (with this indicator), displayed as normal
2. all undeleted comments (the normal user's view after clicking on "show N more comments")
3. all comments including deleted ones
For people who can see deleted comments, I would add "(show N deleted)" after the comments header ("X comments"). Clicking that would go to state #3. Otherwise, clicking on the usual "show N more comments" link at the bottom would go to state #2.
I would put the clickable indicator for deleted comments at the *top*, so moderators are warned up front and only discover there are 17 more (deleted) comments after they see the parts of a flamewar that made it through.
Comments are due for an overhaul, including threading and archiving, which will lessen the current problem. Whatever we do for deleted comments now will have to be reworked then, so let's keep it simple.