Commenting on a deleted work

[Catcher78]

I received notice today that people commented on a deleted story of mine. How is that possible? When I can't see the deleted story. Are my deleted stories not really deleted?

 

[ElectricBlue]

I received notice today that people commented on a deleted story of mine. How is that possible? When I can't see the deleted story. Are my deleted stories not really deleted?

What times are showing in the feed? And when did you delete the stories? It's conceivable there's a timing disconnect, but on face value it does seem odd.

My understanding is a deleted story gets purged from the database completely, whereas a story that's been reported and pulled back for review is "taken down" and can be reinstated.

 

[RocketGrunt]

Comments sit in the ether for a long time when they aren't made by people on the greenlist. So anonymous comments especially will get logged and then wait for a day or more before they escape moderation. So the comments will have been OKed pending review, and then you get a message that they escaped purgatory down the line. Possible that you still get that message even if the whole story has gone down the drain.

You can see the edges of this, if you go to:
https://www.literotica.com/c/science-fiction-fantasy/comments

You'll see a list of works that have had comments logged recently. But often that number will be higher than the number of visible comments. The extra comments have been logged, but haven't escaped purgatory yet. As the author, you get the message when the comment escapes, but you can see that the comment has been sent by looking at the "more recent comments" page.

 

[NuclearFairy]

Also, if a comment gets deleted your notification for it will change to say that someone has left a comment on your deleted work.

 

[Catcher78]

What times are showing in the feed? And when did you delete the stories? It's conceivable there's a timing disconnect, but on face value it does seem odd.

My understanding is a deleted story gets purged from the database completely, whereas a story that's been reported and pulled back for review is "taken down" and can be reinstated.

Thanks for the reply, months ago were when the stories were deleted. a dozen new notices over the night of comments on deleted work.

 

[feel_the_beast]

In a similar vein, in the top 20 or so listings for My Activity, I have close to half say I have commented on a deleted work. How would I have even seen them, read them, and left comments, if they were deleted? It's not credible that EIGHT stories I have read in the past week have since been deleted.
Any ideas what's going on?

 

[feel_the_beast]

In a similar vein, in the top 20 or so listings for My Activity, I have close to half say I have commented on a deleted work. How would I have even seen them, read them, and left comments, if they were deleted? It's not credible that EIGHT stories I have read in the past week have since been deleted.
Any ideas what's going on?

OK, never mind, I figured it out. An author whose works I have been reading and commenting on decided he didn't like comments he was getting, and closed comments on all his works. Kind of strange, really, as I generally liked his work and gave all the stories 4s or 5s.
Or maybe just banned me, I'm not sure. Whatever.

 

[feel_the_beast]

OK, never mind, I figured it out. An author whose works I have been reading and commenting on decided he didn't like comments he was getting, and closed comments on all his works. Kind of strange, really, as I generally like his work and gave all the stories 4s or 5s.
Or maybe just banned me, I'm not sure. Whatever.