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Jul 15, 2020 at 07:11 PM
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I got a notice today that I had a new mention. When I clicked on the link to see the mention it says "deleted post." Could someone please explain?
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Jul 15, 2020 at 08:15 PM
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I can't explain it other than to say I presume it means someone "mentioned" you in a post but then deleted the post. This has happened to me multiple times. Personally I find it mildly disturbing.
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Jul 16, 2020 at 06:23 AM
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Me too Skeezyks.
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Jul 17, 2020 at 04:48 AM
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it has also happened to me.
the mention feature's grown on me now. I used to really hate it (because I associated with things like fb and twitter, and this forum isn't that), but it's a good way to alert a person they are being addressed |
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Jul 17, 2020 at 01:03 PM
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But what does the message mean?
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Jul 17, 2020 at 03:17 PM
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I would presume what it means is, the delete post process does not check to see if there were any at-mentions attached to the post being deleted. So after the post is deleted, the mention still retains pointers to it and you. But only one of you exists. Which would mean you found a "feature".  Eta - this is basically what skeezyx said. |
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