[Voat Emulation] Deletion History.
Posted: Tue Feb 16, 2021 8:16 pm
So this one will be a lot tougher to emulate on a BB Forum than, say, chat was.
One of the big things Voat had was the ability to see any and all deleted submissions/comments (threads and replies here) in a given subverse (subforum here). This served 2 purposes:
Basically, I'd like to be able to – as a user without mod privs – see the deleted threads and replies in all subverses. Occasionally I get notifications for new topics but by the time I click to read, the topic is deleted and beyond view... I'm a curious guy, sometimes I'd just like to know what I missed. It should be noted though that the only deletions which should be viewable would be those performed by a subverse/subforum moderator/owner; not personal deletions by the thread/comment author.
This won't be a particularly easy task even if deleted content is merely flagged as such (thus still extant) in the database, so I'm not expecting any immediate implementation. I just think it would be good on the grounds of emulating what we had at Voat.
One of the big things Voat had was the ability to see any and all deleted submissions/comments (threads and replies here) in a given subverse (subforum here). This served 2 purposes:
- Moderator accountability
- Ability to see the removed content if one so chose to
Basically, I'd like to be able to – as a user without mod privs – see the deleted threads and replies in all subverses. Occasionally I get notifications for new topics but by the time I click to read, the topic is deleted and beyond view... I'm a curious guy, sometimes I'd just like to know what I missed. It should be noted though that the only deletions which should be viewable would be those performed by a subverse/subforum moderator/owner; not personal deletions by the thread/comment author.
This won't be a particularly easy task even if deleted content is merely flagged as such (thus still extant) in the database, so I'm not expecting any immediate implementation. I just think it would be good on the grounds of emulating what we had at Voat.