Who can delete a comment, apart from their author? Because it seems to me certain comments have a way of disappearing… ?!
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1The only people who can delete other users' comments are moderators and community managers (CMs). You can identify them by the little diamond symbol in their username. And don't get too hung up on deleted comments: comments are ephemeral by design. And a big part of a mod's job is to clean up (i.e. obliterate) comments which have outlived their usefulness. (And, for the sake of completeness: SE sites are mostly self-moderating, so mods only step in when users can't or don't, and CMs [who are SE employees] only step in when mods can't or don't. In practice, comments are mostly deleted by mods.)– Dan BronMar 1, 2016 at 19:59
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1@DanBron Shouldn't that be entered as an answer?– MetaEdMar 1, 2016 at 20:50
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@DanBron: also flags.– herissonMar 1, 2016 at 20:52
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@sumelic Oh yeah, forgot about flags.– Dan BronMar 1, 2016 at 20:53
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