From 0a0fef43ffe112271a70c53f4399c4fb9b5b5dd6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Adam Soltys <adam@coinos.io>
Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2026 13:37:17 -0700
Subject: A post you deleted leaves your profile's list (and any feed it was
 reposted into) instead of leaving a "This post was deleted by its author"
 row; threads still keep the deleted post's place

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01QjVvE4YAcK3AGwV7kZXeN4
---
 src/features/messages.js | 11 ++++++++---
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

(limited to 'src')

diff --git a/src/features/messages.js b/src/features/messages.js
index da79671..fd4a8a3 100644
--- a/src/features/messages.js
+++ b/src/features/messages.js
@@ -11148,6 +11148,10 @@ export function messagesFeature(ctx) {
     return null;
   }
   const hidden = (ev) => !!hiddenWhy(ev);
+  // A list row with nothing left to show: a post its author deleted, or a
+  // repost of one (a deletion that lands after the row did, too). Threads
+  // keep their deleted posts' places; lists just drop them.
+  const goneHere = (ev) => isDeleted(ev) || (ev.kind === REPOST && !!repostInner(ev) && isDeleted(repostInner(ev)));
   const hiddenPk = (pk) => !!pk && !isMe(pk) && (isMuted(pk) || (baselineMutes() || { set: new Set() }).set.has(pk) || isSpammer(pk) || reportsNow().mine.has(pk));
   const visiblePks = (pks) => [...(pks || [])].filter((pk) => !hiddenPk(pk));
 
@@ -13184,7 +13188,8 @@ export function messagesFeature(ctx) {
         // Streams joins the tabs once they've streamed
         const streamed = pastOf(pk).length > 0;
         const tab = profTab(pk) === 'streams' && !streamed ? 'posts' : profTab(pk);
-        const shown = c.notes.filter((e) => (tab === 'replies') === replyish(e));
+        // a post its author deleted leaves the list (no "was deleted" row)
+        const shown = c.notes.filter((e) => (tab === 'replies') === replyish(e) && !goneHere(e));
         // a tab that holds only a few of the pages fetched so far (someone
         // who mostly replies, or mostly posts) asks for older ones by itself:
         // too short to scroll means the scroll that loads more never comes
@@ -13217,7 +13222,7 @@ export function messagesFeature(ctx) {
         return h('div', { class: 'col', style: 'gap:8px' },
           tabs,
           h('div', { class: 'card col notes-feed', style: 'gap:0', 'data-key': 'prof-notes:' + tab },
-            ...(c.winList = () => c.notes.filter((e) => (profTab(pk) === 'replies') === replyish(e)), windowedRows(c, shown, (ev) => keyed(noteRow(pk, ev, name, { context: profTab(pk) === 'replies' }), ev.id)))),
+            ...(c.winList = () => c.notes.filter((e) => (profTab(pk) === 'replies') === replyish(e) && !goneHere(e)), windowedRows(c, shown, (ev) => keyed(noteRow(pk, ev, name, { context: profTab(pk) === 'replies' }), ev.id)))),
           c.loadingMore
             ? h('div', { class: 'row gap6', style: 'justify-content:center;padding:4px 0' },
                 h('span', { class: 'spinner sm' }))
@@ -16020,7 +16025,7 @@ export function messagesFeature(ctx) {
     // (a reply whose post every lookup came back without isn't shown: a
     // "Couldn't find that note" over it told nobody anything — Adam, 2026-10-20)
     const repliesHere = feedReplies(c);
-    const shownHere = (ev) => !hidden(ev) && !(curatedFeed && notForPublic(ev)) && !(repliesHere && orphaned(ev));
+    const shownHere = (ev) => !hidden(ev) && !goneHere(ev) && !(curatedFeed && notForPublic(ev)) && !(repliesHere && orphaned(ev));
     const visible = c.notes.filter(shownHere);
     // Every child keyed by its post, hairlines included, so the morph
     // reconciles the list by post: a new one at the top is inserted as its
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