A discussion about the post ownership change modal warning is taking place. tophee initially thought the warning was incorrect, referencing a past topic where notifications were fixed after post ownership changes. However, gerhard explained that the warning is correct, as it refers to notifications not being transferred retroactively.
tophee then suggested rephrasing the warning to make it clearer, proposing an alternative version. codinghorror agreed that the original copy was redundant and simplified it, thanking tophee for the feedback.
Continuing the discussion from When changing post owner, notifications still sent from/to original owner:
My understanding from the above topic was that notifications now work correctly when post ownership is changed. But the modal for changing post ownership still shows a warning that this is not the case:
Presumably, the warning should be removed.
This is not a bug – the warning is correct.
Note that any notifications about this post will not be transferred to the new user retroactively.
The key word is “retroactively”. Yes, all new notifications will be associated with the new user, but existing notifications will still show up with the previous username.
Oh, okay. Then I’ll turn it into a UX issue. Although you are right that it says “retroactively” and the exact meaning of that is that old notifications will not be transferred, I did not interpret it like that. Why would one expect notifications that have already be sent out to be transferred to the new owner? Since only admins can change ownership, I see no risk for that someone would think so.
Anyway, how about changing the copy to something like
Note that the old owner will stop receiving notifications immediately and the new owner will receive all future notifications about this post.
I agree the copy here was mega, MEGA redundant and I have simplified it considerably:
Thanks for the feedback @tophee.
