[Suggestion] Deleting our own threads |
Krahtoff « Censeur » 1522339560000
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I’m kind of wary on this suggestion. Whilst I like the idea of it, I’ve had my account compromised before for about a day and the person who took control of it, if given the power, could have deleted all of my active threads. Of course, this was a while ago, but players who give out their passwords to users who they think they can trust may find that a big thread of theirs has suddenly gone missing, and surprise, the person who they gave their password to had deleted it. Theoretically good. Practically? Maybe not so much. |
Krahtoff « Censeur » 1522945020000
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Gnar a dit : Sorry for the late response. I actually didn’t think about that and I do see where you’re coming from, but i don’t think that getting your topics deleted would be that big of a concern for most people. And as for those who do have a big problem with that, then something can actually be done to fix it. Like having some sort of back up system or sending a confirmation message to your email when deleting a topic. |
Force_shaman « Censeur » 1523016960000
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I don't think account compromisation is a valid reason to oppose a suggestion since it's already your responsibility to make sure your account is secure. |
Anythin « Consul » 1523199720000
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OP has yet to explain why she thinks this is a good suggestion, or why it is even necessary to have such a feature. Just imagine the state of the forums if people could delete their threads for no reason other than "because they can". Once you post a thread, it becomes public property and in theory you have no say in what happens to the thread anymore. Let's keep it that way. |
Krahtoff « Censeur » 1523204880000
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Anythin a dit : I think I see what you mean, sorry for not explaining my reasoning. The main reason I want this to become a new feature is because I have a lot of useless threads I made years ago which I’d rather have deleted. If someone actually made a good thread and they delete it they’d really only be hurting themselves. And if someone really liked a thread that got deleted then they can just simply remake it. I’ll also have to disagree with what you said about threads becoming public property once they’re posted. Think of it this way: in an art thread, the art always remains the op’s art and he or she should be allowed to delete his/her art thread if that person doesn’t like his old art or doesn’t want people to see it anymore. And the same goes for a person’s thoughts in an off-topic thread or a game in a forum games thread. In the end the op should be able to delete his thread if he or she doesn’t want others to see it anymore or in my case, if I find some of my threads useless. Letting us delete our own thread could be a good way to minimalize the number of threads no one is using or commenting on. |
Anythin « Consul » 1523208720000
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Krahtoff a dit : Not just themselves, they'd also hurt the community because a good thread with valuable information would be lost. Along with all the posts and discussions that were part of it. You don't get those back by recreating the thread. Giving a player such power is simply irresponsible from a forum management point of view. Krahtoff a dit : I knew this response was coming, that's why I mentioned "in theory" in my initial post. In practice, Sentinels will close your threads upon request if it doesn't hurt the community's interest. The community won't care if your fanart thread or other personal thread is gone. However, if a thread contains a lot of relevant discussions or valuable information, like a public event thread, or a guide about whatever, you will see that this thread will remain open and active even if the creator of the thread wants it to be removed. Sentinels will also practically never delete your threads if it doesn't break any forum rules, simply because what is a useless thread in your eyes, might be a useful thread to someone else. While you can't delete threads, you are however able to edit your posts at any time. So if you don't want a thread to be visible anymore, you might as well edit your opening post and achieve more or less the same result. |
Krahtoff « Censeur » 1523221320000
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Anythin a dit : I honestly don’t see why any of this would be of much concern for i very much doubt that if someone were to put so much effort into making a thread that would be useful for other people that he or she would want to delete it. And even if that kind of thing were to happen, then it wouldn’t really affect sub forums like Leisure Lounge, Fan art, Off-Topic Art, or Forum Games. So the deleting feature could then only be available for said sub forums. I somewhat understand why you would think those kinds of things may cause a bit of a problem but I find it very unlikely that they would happen. |
Chlobro « Censeur » 1524376200000
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/halfsupport i like the idea but maybe make it so you can only delete topics with a limited amount of posts? for example, 10 posts on one topic you could delete because thats not many posts. |
Grimmaro « Consul » 1524484680000
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I completely agree with Anythin. I personally think being able to delete a thread is way too much power for the average user because if you can delete any thread that you have made, there becomes a time when being able to delete your thread becomes way too much of a con than a pro because not only can trolls abuse the ability to delete a thread by posting inappropriate content without much consequences, but sentinels will also have to start hunting down every deleted thread in cases of abuse and more. I like the current system where you have to take in account how your post will have consequences otherwise the forum will become chaos. No from me. |
Antonio « Sénateur » 1524492000000
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While the risk of having someone other than yourself deleting your topics is slim to none (besides mod), unless you have poor security on your account (Guessable password, giving someone access). As senty batty said: Batt_mellamy a dit : Source So the fact that your account was hacked is 100% your fault and the fact you are worried that hackers will take over your account means you need to have Better Security. Now, there are some flaws in this idea but I may have a better idea for the suggestions, here me out. Usually deleting something means it's totally gone but what if we can just hide it instead? What if we delete it but we could access backups of the bbcode of the thread via settings or make the threads only accessible to the creator and mods/sents. There could be certain limitations like hiding your own thread, max amounts of hidden threads, creator can't type in hidden threads, and can't hide an already closed thread from sents. This is just my Idea. I do agree it it's too much power to give someone deleting their threads but tons of online communities offer the ability to lock your own threads, or hide it. There's no risk of people posting bad things but cause staff will have access to all users hidden threads and people can report while the thread before the troll hides it. They won't have to hunt all users delete threads because they can see all of the deleted threads in their profile. This is just my thought and totally support the idea of deleting them if these were were in the mix, or better. |
Syrius « Consul » 1524493500000
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Nekotony a dit : I support your idea about hiding them. |
Krahtoff « Censeur » 1524622680000
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Nekotony a dit : I never really thought about simply hiding our topics. Although I would prefer if we could just outright delete them, I really like that idea. Edit: Chlobro a dit : I like that idea too! But maybe a little more than ten posts. Like 20 to 30-ish Dernière modification le 1524758160000 |
Serenityman « Citoyen » 1524777780000
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Nekotony a dit : I like that idea, too. But as I was reading these messages, maybe there could be something like a trash can, where deleted threads and topics could go. And maybe it needs a certain amount of time to be permanently deleted. Like a month or two months. Meanwhile, you could take it out. Even if it's in the trash can, it's still visible to people, until it is permanently deleted. Not much of a con anymore, huh? You can tweak some options, but I think the trash can idea is the best. This is just an idea, tho. |