Temporarily hide post / mark less important?

[david (David Taylor)]

Would this be different from the “transparent deletion” system you suggested here? It sounds to me like it solves a similar problem (which I completely agree needs solving!).

Transparent post deletion

For some obvious reasons, I’d like to propose a feature that supports more transparent post deletion. I believe that Stack Exchange & Co provide a good template: by default deletions are transparent (i.e., users will know that about the deletion, possibly even learn about the reason for the deletion) but for certain situations moderators still have the possibility to silently remove posts. As necessary as post deletions may be to foster high quality discussions, they are also inherently uncivi…