I'm just going through my past history, and looking for anything where the subject is "*Permanently Deleted*" and where the Modlog for that community shows nothing.
- (Deleted within the hour) https://lemmy.ml/post/28333996, modlog
- (Deleted 3 days ago) https://lemmy.ml/post/28206502/17786644, modlog
- (Deleted 10 days ago) https://lemmy.ml/post/27878131/17617304, modlog
- (Deleted 13 days ago) https://lemmy.ml/post/27745076/17556469, modlog
None of these appear in the modlog of their respective communities.
I've been told before in an earlier comment chain that this might be due to the post user being permanently deleted.
Is there any way I can verify this as an end-user? Once the post is gone, I can't see the username of who posted it.
It's just a bit of a small hole in the transparency of Lemmy's fantastic moderation
Is it deleted or removed?
Deleted means that the creator deleted it, which won't be logged to the modlog. Removed means a moderator or admin removed it, which will be logged to the modlog.
It could also be that the user was instance/community banned with the purge content option enabled. Which might confuse you, because the posts won't have a modlog entry regarding their removal. The purge content option's status is not logged along with their ban. So be sure to check if they are instance/community banned as well.
I had a look, seems like for the fedimemes post the poster got banned, and probably their post removed:
Well then, there's the answer.
That's the cause, which I did mention in my initial post - but I'm looking for a solution regarding how this could be a bit more transparent.
Well, the purge content status could be shown. I don't think there is a better way.