<![CDATA[controversial protocol goals for a more conversational fedi:]]>controversial protocol goals for a more conversational fedi:
- you should be able to create explicit threads instead of a loose reply tree
- you should be able to follow a thread without following any people or groups
- you should be able to delete a thread and have all posts declaring that thread as a context be marked as orphans to be garbage-collected
- you should be able to participate in a thread remotely, like commenting on github issues via email

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/9d4ef418-6059-48ea-af72-4755649f6bd3/controversial-protocol-goals-for-a-more-conversational-fediRSS for NodeThu, 12 Mar 2026 14:07:21 GMTWed, 19 Feb 2025 23:49:23 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to controversial protocol goals for a more conversational fedi: on Thu, 20 Feb 2025 03:06:43 GMT]]>@trwnh@mastodon.social correct. I suppose the easiest way to communicate permission would be that the thread deletion has to come from the context owner. In my case the context owner is a category, so it’d be federating out the deletion on behalf of the moderators.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://community.nodebb.org/post/103414https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://community.nodebb.org/post/103414Thu, 20 Feb 2025 03:06:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to controversial protocol goals for a more conversational fedi: on Thu, 20 Feb 2025 00:12:52 GMT]]>@julian mods can delete a thread, right? this doesn't necessarily delete all posts in the thread, but they do become orphans

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/trwnh/statuses/114033319783778568https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/trwnh/statuses/114033319783778568Thu, 20 Feb 2025 00:12:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to controversial protocol goals for a more conversational fedi: on Thu, 20 Feb 2025 00:10:28 GMT]]>@trwnh@mastodon.social OP shouldn’t necessarily be able to unilaterally delete their thread, though.

At least it doesn’t work that way in forums, but I can see how it would be different based on implementor expectations.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://community.nodebb.org/post/103411https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://community.nodebb.org/post/103411Thu, 20 Feb 2025 00:10:28 GMT