On Thu, Jan 9, 2020 at 04:14 PM, Bruce Bowman wrote:
Dave -- I must admit that I'm not very fond of this idea. In a thread of multiple posts, it's hard to determine,?a priori,?exactly which of the messages is being replied to. I also do not want a function of groups.io that forces me to engage in moderation activity.?
True enough, but in the case that brought it to mind, the deleted post was a post that originated a topic that was totally un-related to the purpose of the group
As you noted, the deleted message has already gone out as emails. Removing it from the message archive cannot change that. If the message content was objectionable, we're closing the barn door after the horse has already gotten out.
I was just thinking about not continuing a thread that was pointless. As I said, this happened in a group I am only a member of.
If you have a one-off need, I suggest you do not delete the post....instead, edit it to remove any objectionable content followed by locking or moderating its topic. If your subscribers are truly unruly, such that this is a persistent problem in need of a software solution, then moderating every post beforehand seems like the best course of action.
Right. If it was my group, I probably would have handled it differently. I guess seeing how other groups are run helps me think about how to run mine. Thanks for your thoughts.
Dave
