I think that #1680 goes too far and hides too much information of removed content, making the mod log useless. For example, here is a removed post:

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This used to have the title, text and link still shown, which allowed users to see for themselves what was removed, and to decide themselves if it made sense. Its also the reason we are adding a separate purge option.

So I suggest that we blank out info only if the creator themselves deleted an item, and probably for removed comments as well (there, text is hidden from the website, so it makes sense to hide it from the api too). But removed posts and communities should still show all information.

Originally posted by Nutomic in #1813

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    The modlog will show the original post / comment text (it isn’t deleted after all), but when you go to them in the post, they’ll be blanked out. So the modlog is transparent for removes, but they won’t show in the post.

    Originally posted by dessalines in #1813