it's super frustrating hearing 'that doesn't happen' when I tell people a problem exists. kinda like the recent transphobia thing.

any chance of adding reasons why a thing was deleted instead of just "deleted"? or would that be too much work to code/apply/whatever?

the people effected already know its there, this just makes it less deniable and more obvious to potential allies, and exposes gaslighters a little more clearly.

  • Fakename_Bill [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    It's all in the modlog, but the modlog is a confusing mess of non-chronological info that can't be searched or indexed. So I agree, it should be easier to see why stuff was removed.

    • garbology [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      the modlog is a confusing mess of non-chronological info that can’t be searched or indexed

      "can't be indexed" is still true, but it seems a LOT better since the remake, have you checked it out?

      • Fakename_Bill [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        Yeah, I look at the modlog frequently. It still does the same thing as user profiles, where certain kinds of modlog messages appear until part-way down and stop appearing until the next page, while other types still show up. The first page ends with the original admins being appointed six months ago.

        • garbology [he/him]
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          4 years ago

          I suppose that's true, but I think the ability to set the filter-by-action to removing comments, removing posts, ban from comm and ban from site, or filter by user makes it a lot more useful than before.

    • existentialspicerack [she/her,they/them]
      hexagon
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      4 years ago

      more that its there for people who aren't specifically looking. so you see insead of 'deleted post' 'deleted transphobic post' 'deleted post-violence against anprims' or whatever.

      • Fakename_Bill [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        "deleted - [exact reason specified in the modlog]" would be a good change