Hi there, I have a long-time user that is requesting temporary removal of all of their topics due to a specific personal reason. If their situation changes those topics could be restored in the future. While they are in the removed state the topics should not be publicly accessible even if somebody …

Hi @rahim123 . :wave: You might use the content flags and review queue for processing that kind of information. Here are some topics that go into details for your use case: Understanding post flags in Discourse Discourse Moderation Guide For the guide, check the heading, “Inappropriate Content”. …

Do you mean just their topics, or all of their posts? And is it important to hide the content or the username?

[image] JammyDodger: just their topics Just their topics is what they are requesting. But if there is a good way to temporarily remove access to all their posts I would be interested in knowing that too. [image] JammyDodger: And is it important to hide the content or the username? I s…

[image] rahim123: I have a long-time user that is requesting temporary removal of all of their topics due to a specific personal reason. If their situation changes those topics could be restored in the future. [image] rahim123: Thanks in advance for your help, I just want to be 100% sure …

It sounds like what the OP is wanting is something similar to vBulletin’s Global Ignore feature. If you aren’t familiar, it basically keeps all of a user’s posts and topics in place, but makes them unavailable to non-staff accounts until they are removed from the list. It’s one of the few vB featur…

Thanks to everyone for their replies. [image] maiki: This use case is not common, no one has asked for a feature to turn users non-public and back again. Right. I understand that it’s an uncommon request. I wouldn’t expect Discourse to necessarily implement an entire process for that. But I …

[image] Claudia: It sounds like what the OP is wanting is something similar to vBulletin’s Global Ignore feature. Oh, that’s interesting: Global Ignore This option allows you to effectively add a user or users to every member’s ‘Ignore List’. However, users in this list can still see their…

That is indeed interesting. Although I don’t think it would be enough in this particular case if it had “see this hidden post” links or if the post content was CSS hidden in the HTML. For what I need the former URL should throw a 404 for non-staff.

[image] maiki: Oh, that’s interesting: Global Ignore This option allows you to effectively add a user or users to every member’s ‘Ignore List’. However, users in this list can still see their own posts and threads… Enter a list of userid numbers, separated by spaces (for example: 4 12 68 102…

Best way to temporarily remove public access to a user's topics?

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rahim123 August 30, 2023, 8:18pm 3

Thanks @maiki for the response. Hmm, I don’t think the Review queue would work, because I can’t bulk flag all of the user’s topics.

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