Why do 'View more ()' comments dissappear when I click them ? (lemm.ee)

submitted 10 months ago by Rambler@lemm.ee to c/syncforlemmy@lemmy.world

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I'm seeing this happen more of late: the message 'View more (1)' appears in-between a thread (the number varies by the way), when I click to expand the comments a message 'loading' appears followed by 'no comments added'. Why does it think there are more comments and why can it not retrieve and show them?

I'm using Sync for Lemmy.

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[-] MakeItCount@lemmy.world 22 points 10 months ago

There are a lot of bugs related to comments on Lemmy right now

And also in this case it's maybe due to the comment coming from another instance and it's not sync yet

[-] Rambler@lemm.ee 8 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

You're correct. Even the 'View more (1)' does indeed bring back a comment from a user on another instance.

I'm amazed how all this stuff even hangs together and talks to each other ! Truly impressive.

Connect seems to handle these cross-conversations a lot better.

Edit: typo

[-] Amir@lemmy.ml 4 points 10 months ago

And also in this case it's maybe due to the comment coming from another instance and it's not sync yet

That is probably atomic, would be very weird if it's not.

[-] Rambler@lemm.ee 3 points 10 months ago

What is 'atomic' ?

[-] Amir@lemmy.ml 6 points 10 months ago

All updates are done at once, and there is no state where partial information is available.

So that means you can never end up in a state where the system knows there are more comments but can't load them. Either they are available or they aren't.

[-] Rambler@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago

Nicely put. Thanks for clearing that up.

[-] spakier@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago

I keep seeing "view parent..." Everywhere but when I tap it it basically just refreshes and doesn't show anything new.

[-] Rambler@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

It should take you progressively back up the tree of comments - it does this on my version of Sync. If a solution hasn't already been posted, you could raise a question here. Currently (with Sync) I don't think the option is available - I start new posts using Connect for Lemmy. Good luck.