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Some time ago, I wrote a comment to this question. I don't remember the details, but something in the question needed to be fixed. I downvoted and left a comment saying I'd undo the downvote when the issue was fixed.

Apparently it was fixed shortly after, but I never got notified. I stumbled upon this question just now, and noticed what seemed to be a valid reply to my comment, and my original comment missing. Unfortunately, that meant I couldn't see what I originally wrote, so can't judge for myself whether the issue was fixed. I undid the downvote anyway.

There were two problems here:

  1. I never got notified of the reply to my comment, even though the reference to me looks correct.
  2. Someone deleted my original comment.

It is possible that the second problem caused the first. Maybe the system removes comment notifications when the notified user does not have an existing previous comment?

Removing the original comment would have been reasonable after I had a chance to see the reply. I might have done that myself after undoing the downvote, but there was really no moderation reason to delete it in the first place. Someone could certainly disagree with my opinion, but that's not a valid reason for a moderator to delete it.

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There is no real issue here as far as I can tell.

This was your comment:

Fix that ridiculously long line that needs to be scrolled. You could write it as a list, for example. Currently, this post is too annoying to read, -1. Ping me when it's fixed and I'll undo the downvote.

The comment was deleted 5 days ago by one of the site moderators. This means, that it was likely deleted because it was then deprecated (other comment already exists) and didn't provide further value. Because the recipient (the author) had already been confirmed to have seen the comment (because of the reply), a removal was acceptable IMO. Not removing the other comment with the ping was acceptable, too, because the mod couldn't know, whether you have already seen it or not.

Now with regards to pinging: The system looks is currently developed in a way, that the username is only matched without spaces. So the correct ping would have been @OlinLathrop and not @Olin Lathrop. Partial match pinging isn't implemented currently.

I agree, that some changes (for example an indicator, who would be pinged by a comment) are neccessary here, however, comment revamp to MVP spec is also on the top of our TODO list, so I'll defer it to then.

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Olin Lathrop‭ wrote about 4 years ago · edited about 4 years ago

That explains why I didn't get pinged. However, the removal of the comment prevented me from seeing what I had asked the OP to do. To use your words, the comment wasn't really deprecated since I still needed to see it despite the original problem having been fixed. The moderation was a bit too aggressive in this case.

luap42‭ wrote about 4 years ago

@OlinLathrop I see your point and partially agree with it; the comment could have been kept a bit longer. I'll ping the mod who deleted the comment with this feedback.