Zeemah, a moderator, requested the ability to split posts into a new private message (PM) for moderation purposes, noting that the current workaround—splitting into a new topic then converting to a PM—is suboptimal. Stephen clarified that moving posts to a new message is supported, but moderators cannot split posts into PMs, even if the category isn’t restricted Zeemah. codinghorror explained the limitation: moderators lack access to PMs unless they are participants or the PM is flagged. Zeemah questioned whether creating a new PM (not an existing one) should be allowed, to which codinghorror replied that even then, moderators only gain access if they’re moving a post they authored into that PM. The core issue remains: moderators cannot initiate or access new PMs via post-splitting, due to access control design.
I recently came across a situation where I needed to talk to a user about further clarification about what his topic was about, to ensure that they didn’t disobey the rules. I initially started the conversation on the original topic, I then realised I needed to get into more detail and information and I didn’t want to derail the topic any further. My intention was to split the topic into a new message, I realised that this wasn’t available would it be possible for this to be implemented? As the aforementioned situation, I just had to split it into a new topic then make the topic a private message which wasn’t really ideal.
The difficulty is that you wouldn’t have access, as moderators don’t have access to PMs unless they are a part of the PM or the PM is currently flagged.
would it be possible for this to be implemented? As the aforementioned situation, I just had to split it into a new topic then make the topic a private message which wasn’t really ideal.
