Why were my comments on this question deleted? Were they auto-deleted somehow (I've seen reports of that), or were they mod-deleted? If the latter, why?
@user400654 There have been reports that comments containing "duplicate of" followed by a link get automatically removed upon dupe closure, but as far as I'm aware, those were removed.
And my comments didn't contain a link to the target.
@JourneymanGeek Can you please look into the comment's logs and answer the above question (as to whether they were auto-deleted, flag-deleted, or mod-deleted)?
Also, as far as I'm aware, Tim Post was a cancer survivor, right?
If so, it means he continued looking out for us, despite the tremendous self-pressure.
@SonictheK-DayHedgehog You could have tried My comments were deleted, did I say something rude or off-putting that got them deleted? that at least prevents that anyone that respond is going to be blamed for any action they might or might not have taken.
I believe it might be an old regex from the time when duplicate comments used to be "possible duplicate of". I'll probably make a post on it so it can be tracked.
One that said something to the effect of: '... LinkX isn't a good (reasonable) duplicate because it requires a "logical deduction" from the user ...'. - I had wondered if they deleted it themself, replacing it with their next comment; but a tough crowd could have caused a community deletion.
On a brighter note, the user increased their badge count by 20%; and ends the discussion (Notifications).