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a question about the disable editing posts setting

Steph Mathews
 

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Hi everyone, in one of my groups that I own here on Groups.io I saw in the activity log that a member has deleted a message in the archives and I don't want my members doing that.? This?disable editing posts check box, does that include disabling members to delete messages within the archives?? Thanks!? Steph
 

Steph,

Hi everyone, in one of my groups that I own here on Groups.io I saw in
the activity log that a member has deleted a message in the archives and
I don't want my members doing that. This disable editing posts check
box, does that include disabling members to delete messages within the
archives?
No.

There is no way to prevent members from deleting their own content, and I believe that is a deliberate design choice.

In Yahoo Groups the concept was embedded in the TOS: Yahoo claimed only a license to display a user's content until such time as the member (or Yahoo) removes it (cf. section 9a). The implication is that the member must retain the ability to delete his/her content.

By contrast, Groups.io claims an irrevocable license to display the content (and I consider that a concern with these terms). So in theory the software need not preserve the member's ability to delete the content. But in practice it does.

Shal
J_Olivia Catlady
 

Shal, what's the problem with the irrevocable license? I think that's pretty common.

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On Sep 18, 2016, at 6:21 PM, Shal Farley <shals2nd@...> wrote:

Steph,

Hi everyone, in one of my groups that I own here on Groups.io I saw in
the activity log that a member has deleted a message in the archives and
I don't want my members doing that. This disable editing posts check
box, does that include disabling members to delete messages within the
archives?
No.

There is no way to prevent members from deleting their own content, and I believe that is a deliberate design choice.

In Yahoo Groups the concept was embedded in the TOS: Yahoo claimed only a license to display a user's content until such time as the member (or Yahoo) removes it (cf. section 9a). The implication is that the member must retain the ability to delete his/her content.

By contrast, Groups.io claims an irrevocable license to display the content (and I consider that a concern with these terms). So in theory the software need not preserve the member's ability to delete the content. But in practice it does.

Shal

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