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When? When looking at search results, or list of posts in general - for e.g. viewing list of posts tagged [wikipedia]. Here's a screenshot of the mentioned example: What? The text displayed s...
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Monica Cellio
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2024-02-26T13:38:16Z (3 months ago)
#2: Question closed
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Monica Cellio
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2024-02-26T13:38:05Z (3 months ago)
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2024-02-26T13:32:20Z (3 months ago)
Subtle change to hide link to non-existent deleted user profiles
## When? When looking at search results, or list of posts in general - for e.g. viewing list of [posts tagged [wikipedia]](https://meta.codidact.com/categories/3/tags/6176). Here's a screenshot of the mentioned example:  ## What? The text displayed says > posted 2y ago by [deleted user](https://meta.codidact.com/categories/3/tags/6176#) · edited 2y ago by [deleted user](https://meta.codidact.com/categories/3/tags/6176#) Even if the user is deleted, the "username" points to https://meta.codidact.com/categories/3/tags/6176#, which is just a `#` added to the URL. If the user is deleted and there is no profile to be linked to, then why not just remove the hyperlink (When there **isn't** a profile to link to)? ## Why? Obviously, this is a very subtle change that would probably only save 0.1th of a second - in a situation where a real user decides to change their username to "deleted user" - and a person can just see whether that's a real user named like so or an actual deleted user by just looking if there's a link or not. If this isn't a low-effort thing to implement then this may be declined. But I just wanted to put this idea for voting. What are your thoughts?