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Nothing actually gets deleted on HN, you can turn on "showdead" in your options to see flagged and dead comments. None of that gets sent with the API, though.

by krapp 1y ago

Nothing actually gets deleted on HN, you can turn on "showdead" in your options to see flagged and dead comments. None of that gets sent with the API, though. There is an API endpoint called "updates" but it's incredibly vague about what it actually shows, or how persistent it is. It might show edits.

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fragmede 1y ago
if the user deletes their comment, its contents isn't saved
- fragmede 1y ago
  https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45544678 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45544678 currently says "yes it does" but when I delete it, after I post this comment, it's gone.
  - krapp 1y ago
    fair enough, for some reason I forgot about that.