rhrmn requests a feature to hide the public link to a split thread at the bottom of the original topic when the split thread is moved to a staff-only forum. This is to avoid making content moderation highly visible to the public.
tobiaseigen suggests deleting the link at the bottom of the original topic after splitting the post. rhrmn questions whether deleting the link will make the hidden post completely invisible to the public.
riking clarifies that non-staff members do not see the “View 1 hidden posts” link, except in certain thread filtering settings. rhrmn verifies this and thanks for the clarification.
Please create a new feature that hides the public link at the bottom of a split thread if the topic has been split to a forum visible only to staff and moderators.
In my community, we split off comments that derail the topic discussion into a staff-only forum for tracking, rather than deleting posts. However, in Discourse, it not only shows the public the name of the new split thread in the staff-only forum but also provides a link to the thread. To me, this information at the bottom of a linked thread makes highly visible topic moderation that need not be. If this information were visible only to staff, I would be okay with it; however, it is currently public.
Non-staff do not see the “View 1 hidden posts” except when using thread filtering settings (in which case it’s only counting non-deleted posts). It’s suggested you have a non-staff alternate account to test this kind of thing yourself.