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When clicking on the thread title ("Welcome!" in this example) of a comment thread below a post: I see the following error in the Firefox developer window (click image for a larger version): ...
#2: Post edited
by
trichoplax
·
2023-02-27T01:54:50Z (almost 2 years ago)
Typo
- When clicking on the thread title ("Welcome!" in this example) of a comment thread below a post:
- 
- I see the following error in the Firefox developer window (click image for a larger version):
- [](https://meta.codidact.com/uploads/ujl65kwe726wz4o7oqpvmlru2dzd "Click for larger image")
The reason is that the post has been deleted since I opened the page, so I am no longer permitted to view it (including any comments threads on it). However, this is not communicated to the user. Without the developer window, there is no indication that anything is wrong - clicking on the thread title has no effect.- What should be the behaviour in this case? Should a message be displayed indicating that comments cannot be retrieved because the parent post has been deleted? Should the page redirect to the 404 page that would be displayed if the user had tried to view the parent post?
- When clicking on the thread title ("Welcome!" in this example) of a comment thread below a post:
- 
- I see the following error in the Firefox developer window (click image for a larger version):
- [](https://meta.codidact.com/uploads/ujl65kwe726wz4o7oqpvmlru2dzd "Click for larger image")
- The reason is that the post has been deleted since I opened the page, so I am no longer permitted to view it (including any comment threads on it). However, this is not communicated to the user. Without the developer window, there is no indication that anything is wrong - clicking on the thread title has no effect.
- What should be the behaviour in this case? Should a message be displayed indicating that comments cannot be retrieved because the parent post has been deleted? Should the page redirect to the 404 page that would be displayed if the user had tried to view the parent post?
#1: Initial revision
by
trichoplax
·
2023-02-27T01:53:26Z (almost 2 years ago)
No response when clicking on the title of a thread on a recently deleted post
When clicking on the thread title ("Welcome!" in this example) of a comment thread below a post:
I see the following error in the Firefox developer window (click image for a larger version):
[](https://meta.codidact.com/uploads/ujl65kwe726wz4o7oqpvmlru2dzd "Click for larger image")
The reason is that the post has been deleted since I opened the page, so I am no longer permitted to view it (including any comments threads on it). However, this is not communicated to the user. Without the developer window, there is no indication that anything is wrong - clicking on the thread title has no effect.
What should be the behaviour in this case? Should a message be displayed indicating that comments cannot be retrieved because the parent post has been deleted? Should the page redirect to the 404 page that would be displayed if the user had tried to view the parent post?