Compilation error (line 3, col 18): ; expected
Compilation error (line 3, col 18): Unexpected character ';'

edit: fuck that formatting

That will cause a compilation error 99.999% of the time and point you to the exact location where the problem is.

The scenario I laid out clearly doesn’t involve mods or admins. Though mods’ or admins’ intervention has the same effect. As pointed out by at least one mod here in the comments, it is problematic from their perspective too, because nuking entire threads by deleting one comment or post is a technical limitation, not a moderation issue

It seems you completely missed the point. I made no comment on moderation in any way, shape, or form.

I didn’t consider the moderation angle; likely because I’m not moderating anything around here. Now that you say it, it seems so obvious, and sub par to put it mildly.

If they didn’t do it the mods and admins will.

Yah, I was about to mention that, but left it out to keep the post brief and on point.

Power mods shape conversation here far more than Reddit mods ever did.

I’m not sure of that. My experience feels the other way around.

Little add-on: The current behavior kind of makes the creator of a post the “owner” of the comment section. If they dislike an ensuing conversation, even if they’re not involved in it, they just delete the post - “Fuck you, you’re not having that conversation!”. I find that problematic from an ethical perspective.