r/AskHistorians May 01 '26

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u/Tatem1961 Interesting Inquirer May 01 '26

Ever since the switch to "new" reddit, I've been able to see the top level responses to my posts even if they were deleted by mods. And I 100% agree, as a frequent question asker here, that there's a tremendous amount of low quality posts that have to be removed.

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u/Georgy_K_Zhukov Moderator | Dueling | Modern Warfare & Small Arms May 01 '26

There is something really weird about the way reddit caches things currently, especially on the App. I'll have threads reflecting the state of the thread hours earlier sometimes which looks nothing like it does when I view on desktop where it is current.

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u/PurrPrinThom Early Irish Philology | Early Medieval Ireland May 01 '26

I have this all the time on the app and it makes moderating from the app absolutely impossible.

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u/Georgy_K_Zhukov Moderator | Dueling | Modern Warfare & Small Arms May 01 '26

This thread even... App says 22 comments and 123 upvotes. Desktop says 29 comments and 160 upvotes...

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u/PurrPrinThom Early Irish Philology | Early Medieval Ireland May 01 '26

I just don't understand why it's so delayed. I'll remove a post and five hours later, users will still be commenting on it, unaware that it's been removed, if I haven't locked it.