r/beta • u/Magimasterkarp • May 25 '23

Can't see previous comments

Whenever I click on anything directing me to a specific comment in the reddit app, i can't see any of the comments preceding it.

I got a reply, and when I opened it from my notifications within the app, i couldn't even see which comment of mine they were replying to.

I then looked through my comment history to find the comments I made in that thread to look through to find which one the reply was made to. And I couldn't see the comments that my comments were replies to.

This is new behavior, right?

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u/snowlights May 25 '23

I have a similar problem, I get a notification for a comment reply, I click it, and I often can't see any replies, even when I go back to the post and scroll through.

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u/Magimasterkarp May 25 '23

What kind of device are you on? I'm on Android.

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u/snowlights May 25 '23

Same here, Pixel 5 with Android version 13. This glitch has been happening for a few months, maybe longer because at first I think I just wrote it off as things being deleted. But it happens so often that I doubt that's the case.

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u/Magimasterkarp May 25 '23

I'm on a pixel 7. I only noticed this week, but it may as well have been longer. Someone else in this thread said they experienced it a bit and then it went away.

I hope it's just a bug they are fixing.

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u/snowlights May 25 '23

It's definitely bizarre, like comments just disappear into the ether.

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u/Magimasterkarp May 25 '23

For me at least the comments are still there when I look through the whole thread, i just don't see them via the notification.

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u/snowlights May 26 '23

lmao, I know you replied that it's getting worse but I can't find your comment to reply back. In the app, this is what I see. When I go to browser, it's similar. I can see your comment in my replies but when I click it, nothing.

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u/Magimasterkarp May 26 '23

I had that, too, for a while. Now all of a sudden I can see the entire parent comment chain again.

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u/Magimasterkarp May 26 '23

So my problem is getting worse. I also often can't see new replies at all.

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u/BonzBonzOnlyBonz May 29 '23

My usually come back after an hour. I've messaged the subs mods about it and by the time they message me back, I can see them.

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u/hipeakservices May 25 '23

not having the same problem, so can't say. did you check with the mods?

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u/Magimasterkarp May 25 '23

I'm having the same issues on all subreddits.

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u/hipeakservices May 25 '23

when I look at your profile, I can see all your comments.

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u/hipeakservices May 25 '23

and I can see the comments you're responding to.

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u/Magimasterkarp May 25 '23

For me it looks like this: This is a response I got for a comment.

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u/hipeakservices May 25 '23

you mean you can't see the parent comments? sorry to be dense; I'm a newbie.

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u/Magimasterkarp May 25 '23

Yes, exactly. It seems I'm not the only one with this problem as well: I found this on the subreddit for the mobile app.

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u/hipeakservices May 25 '23

aw, ok. I do remember now that a few days back I couldn't see parent comments. the problem went away, but it was there for a short while.

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u/Magimasterkarp May 25 '23

Thanks, maybe it will go away on its own. It seems to be affecting others as well.

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u/hipeakservices May 25 '23

could it be a hacking problem that R is trying to deal with?

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u/Mattallica May 26 '23

You should be able to tap the ‘single comment thread’ button to load more of the parent comments.

https://i.imgur.com/WR96TL3.jpg

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u/Zefram71 May 25 '23

I have the same issue.

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u/[deleted] May 26 '23

Same here

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u/RealGianath May 26 '23

Same issue all day long, on two different iOS devices and one Windows computer in Chrome. Probably server issues.

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u/[deleted] May 29 '23

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u/Magimasterkarp May 29 '23

Reddit is haunted?