6

In How do comment @replies work? we learn that the @ syntax can be used to notify "authors, commenters, and editors" (and additionally mods who closed a question).

Does the list of "commenters" extend to "all those who've ever commented on the post" or just to "those whose comments are visible, i.e. not deleted"?

In other words, if I comment on a post and subsequently delete it (it being the only comment I have made on that post, and I am neither the author nor an editor of the post), and another user types @Willie in his comment, will I be notified?

Improve this question
2
  • If they can, I'd say this is a bug.
    – Cody Gray - on strike
    Commented May 22, 2012 at 7:57
  • @Tim ManishEarth hello! as requested.
    – tombull89
    Commented May 22, 2012 at 8:02

1 Answer 1

Reset to default
7

Nope. This didn't work.

Makes sense, since I recall reading that deleted comments leave no trace (unlike posts). They disappear. So any record of you having commented disappears as well--then the @reply won't work.

Looks like comments do leave a diamond-visible trace, so I guess that they are stored in the database. But the SE people have already thought of this and made sure that @replies don't work.

Improve this answer
9
  • 1
    Technically, they leave some kind of trace, because diamond moderators can [now] see deleted comments. But they can't be "undeleted", so they are still very different from deleted answers.
    – Cody Gray - on strike
    Commented May 22, 2012 at 8:07
  • The comment by @TheEstablishment explains why I asked the question in the first place. (I mod Math.SE.) Good to know that the coding is "sensible". :) Ideally I would like to see this (minor) point added to the faq.
    – Willie Wong
    Commented May 22, 2012 at 8:09
  • Well that's easy to do, @Willie. The FAQ is a community wiki (as all Meta FAQ are), and people who have interesting tidbits to add are encouraged to edit it.
    – Cody Gray - on strike
    Commented May 22, 2012 at 8:12
  • @TheEstablishment of course. It just feels a bit awkward since I am the one who asked this question and am a bit unsteady with the state of my knowledge; since this is something that is in the code, presumably someone with access to it can give a more definitive answer (than I can based on experimental inferences).
    – Willie Wong
    Commented May 22, 2012 at 8:18
  • 3
    @WillieWong I can confirm that the code only considers current comments for @reply candidates; deleted comments are not considered. Tim has the truth of it.
    – Marc Gravell
    Commented May 22, 2012 at 9:03
  • @Willie: You'll be surprised at how much of that faq answer is based on experiments. I should know, look at the edit history :-) So go ahead and edit, please!
    – Hendrik Vogt
    Commented May 22, 2012 at 10:17
  • @all okay. Done!
    – Willie Wong
    Commented May 22, 2012 at 11:05
  • Ironically, @all does not do anything. :-)
    – Cody Gray - on strike
    Commented May 22, 2012 at 11:07
  • @TheEstablishment: Except summon ME
    – Manishearth
    Commented May 22, 2012 at 11:07

You must log in to answer this question.

Not the answer you're looking for? Browse other questions tagged .