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Lots of questions and answers have comments which are outdated. I.e. a users asked to clarify a question or an answer and this was done already. I guess then that comment should be deleted. … Who is allowed to delete comments? I guess the answer is somewhere here but I searched and I looked also at the privileges and didn't find the answer. …

So it totally makes sense for them to delete comments as soon as they see them. … This is only natural, if you know someone you know why they wrote the comment and maybe you won't delete it, or delete as promptly. …

The comments on answers are either actual clarifications (not deleted) or at least interesting and I hate to see notifications about comment deletion there as well. … That phrase is what "a comment" means in English and it belongs perfectly as a comment. …

I added a Comment similar to: Do you think you're over thinking this a bit? "I'm not Mom and this isn't a restaurant, deal with it. See you at 7." … If it was an Answer in Comment, I'd be happy to point that out or reword to be more commenty. …

It could certainly be argued that the comment threads on that question are right out of hand, and should be deleted/moved to chat, but what seemed to be happening was more along the lines of targeted deletion … It seems like a mod would be more inclined to go ahead and delete/move all of the comments, so I was wondering whether these comments were removed due to moderator intervention, or user flagging? …

I'm partially at fault here since I voted to delete without leaving a comment (I figured that, since I was the first one to vote, someone else would leave a comment afterward. That did not happen). … Should we allow canned comments again? Or decide that users with delete privileges should vote to delete if they don't want to leave a comment (and if there isn't already one)? …

And then link the new question on the comments area of the original questions. Will this comment with the link get deleted? … Would it be valid if I created a chat and posted my comments? Or would my comment with the chat also be deleted? …

This represents only non-deleted comments. Any comment deleted by either the moderators or by the user who posted the comment or through flags aren't included in this count. … A - smaller, I assume - number have been deleted by the person who wrote them, through abusive comment flags, or have a keyword that makes them auto-delete with one "no longer needed" flag. …

I had a comment pointing out a problem with this answer, which has not been addressed in any way - yet it was deleted. … Why where those comments deleted, before they could serve their purpose of improving the respective posts? …

And while I understand some sites and moderators like to clean up comments on a regular basis, my main frustration is these comments were deleted in less than 24 hours after posting. … So in total, I think the “strictness” of comment moderation here is self-defeating. The speed of removal seems to imply a desire to have utterly no comments on the site which seems ridiculous. …

I made a comment on this question and it's been deleted from existence ... why? The words from this comment have now appeared in an answer to the question which has received a number of up-votes. … Other comments on the question which seem similar in 'flavor' to my deleted one still stand. …

And our own mod Catija even says as a response to Should comments be transient? Comments should not expire at some predetermined time. … Good comments may point out faults with the answer - particularly on less subjective sites. So... why were these comments deleted? …

I have posted a comment on a question. The comment was deleted twice. The first time I thought I forgot to press enter, I re-posted it. … The comment was not rude, inappropriate or out of context. How can I find out who is the moderator who decided to remove my comment for no particularly good reason? …

I understand that we shouldn't answer in comments, but as I just said, it wasn't really an answer at this point as we needed more info to make a decent answer. … My comment was deleted within minutes. Why is this please? …

I posted two comments on the question On what to compliment someone with anorexia in order to improve their body image?. One on the question, one on this answer. … But I made the decision to comment on both very deliberately : my comment on the question doubts the question itself and its place in IPS, my comment on the answer doubts its back up and if this is an …