Continuing the discussion from Did my tutorial get deleted:
Shouldn’t the OP receive a notification when their post is removed or updated by an admin?
AI-generated summary
The discussion revolves around whether users should receive notifications when their posts are removed or edited by moderators. strager initiated the thread, referencing a deleted tutorial and quoting zogstrip, who noted the post was removed by sam for being outdated. Mittineague questioned why the original poster (OP) wasn’t notified, suggesting a “Deleted” or “Edited” badge or profile notification might help. strager expressed that users should be informed without needing to manually check, especially for removals. sam admitted responsibility for messaging the OP, explaining the post was removed due to being broken for months, and argued that automatic notifications could lead to abuse if users are repeatedly notified for minor violations. Mittineague acknowledged PMs add to moderator workload and noted that “Unlisted” is often used instead of deletion for non-spam, broken content. sam clarified that “Unlisted” was insufficient here because the content was fundamentally bad. mcwumbly referenced a prior discussion on the topic, pointing to a related thread for more context. Overall, the consensus leans toward the current behavior being intentional (WAD — Working As Designed), though users express a desire for better communication when their content is altered or removed.
I don’t know about a Notification ala a “bubble”, If you go to your Profile page there should be an “Edits” that shows posts that have been edited. But except for Mods I don’t think there is any way to see Deleted posts.
So sounds like it’s WAD… As a user, I’d certainly like to be informed (without having to go “look it up”) that someone has changed or ESPECIALLY removed a post I made - without some kind of notification, you could be pointing links to a missing thread, or referring to information that a moderator changed…
In this particular case, the responsibility was on me as a mod to message the OP there and explain. I assumed it was abandoned cause it has been broken for months.
Notifying would not have really served any purpose here.
Deleting content is a violent act, if you notified users each time you commit violence towards them there can be bad implications. Eg: “I just beat you up”
Sending a PM can certainly add to Mod workload.
Except for blatant SPAM that gets Deleted, we have taken to using Unlisted a lot.
Not exactly “Private” as there still are “direct links” in places, but it seems to be working fairly well for us.
unlisted is fine, but in this case I needed to nuke the information as it was bad data to have out there.
There was a long discussion on this topic not long ago if you want more background on why things are the way they are.
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