Deleted posts orphans my comments. :`(

June 19, 2007 4:06 PM

So I noticed that comments I've made in a posts which are subsequently deleted don't show up in my profile's activity...
posted by wfrgms to Bugs at 4:06 PM (13 comments total)

Sorry if this has been gone over before, I searched around but didn't find anything addressing this. I know that a while back I could click around in my posting activity and find posts to FPPs which were later deleted without a problem. But recently deleted posts where I commented don't show up in my activity.

Not that this is completely heartbreaking, but I do like to go back and browse through my old comments, even the ones in FPPs which were deleted...
posted by wfrgms at 4:07 PM on June 19, 2007

Meanwhile, comments in deleted threads that are favorited do stay put under "Favorited by others".
posted by phaedon at 4:55 PM on June 19, 2007

We've never shown comments in deleted threads in your posting history. Some of the favorites stuff might stick around though.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 5:02 PM on June 19, 2007

Huh, strange, because I recall seeing my answers in deleted threads on the blue in my posting history.
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 6:44 PM on June 19, 2007 [1 favorite]

Yes you did, Matt. In my old-style comment history, for instance, search for "The General's Report". The comment I posted there (it's three or four FPPs down) will lead to a deleted post.
posted by Malor at 9:45 PM on June 19, 2007

Next pony: who has the most deleted posts and/or comments?
posted by Cranberry at 10:26 PM on June 19, 2007

i do.
posted by quonsar at 4:31 AM on June 20, 2007

Snowflakes melt.
posted by meehawl at 10:25 AM on June 20, 2007

We are all mortal.
posted by Meatbomb at 12:24 PM on June 20, 2007

wfr: I guess Matt isn't coming back. If you want the old style interface, you can use the link I posted up there... just massage it to point to your user number instead of mine. That interface will lead to posts in deleted threads.
posted by Malor at 4:21 PM on June 21, 2007

we're fixing it now...
posted by mathowie (staff) at 4:28 PM on June 21, 2007

fixed!
posted by mathowie (staff) at 4:30 PM on June 21, 2007

Working fine here. :)
posted by Malor at 7:46 PM on June 21, 2007