That's very strange. Once a post gets federated, can a user not delete it? Can it only be removed with a purge from the instance admin?
Not sure, may need to check the github repo to see if it's a know bug (or an actual feature).
Pretty sure I saw many deleted comments in my instance over the past few weeks, so surely deletion works, at least for some of them. If not, you can always edit the comment and clear the content to simulate deletion. I just edited this comment and I'll see if the edit shows up in your instance.
edit: yep, edit works
There's this but I'm not sure if it's directly relevant
WTF it's not deleted in OP's instance: https://feed.timeloop.tv/comment/5896
In my instance it's deleted: https://c.calciumlabs.com/comment/166782
Edit: it's deleted in lemmy.world: https://lemmy.world/comment/862358
That's very strange. Once a post gets federated, can a user not delete it? Can it only be removed with a purge from the instance admin?
Not sure, may need to check the github repo to see if it's a know bug (or an actual feature).
Pretty sure I saw many deleted comments in my instance over the past few weeks, so surely deletion works, at least for some of them. If not, you can always edit the comment and clear the content to simulate deletion. I just edited this comment and I'll see if the edit shows up in your instance.
edit: yep, edit works
There's this but I'm not sure if it's directly relevant
https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3208
PS: I can still read your parent comment 5 hours later.
It can, but the deletion takes time to sync to all instances I believe