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Abuse problem with DMs and lack of delete (slrpnk.net)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by ellie@slrpnk.net to c/meta@slrpnk.net

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Slrpnk and lemmy are great, and I understand they are volunteer driven. With this post I don't mean to be pushy, and I'm grateful for this place and the software, but I hope it's useful to point out where there might be trouble for users down the line:

So I might be missing something, but there seems to be no way to delete a private message, not even after reporting it. Given the nasty things some people may send just to mess with somebody, this seems like a dangerous omission to me that is at a high risk to lead to grief if not addressed at some point. Is there some bug tracker where perhaps this omission could be best pointed out?

My apologies if I'm missing something however. Perhaps I'm just too silly to see the button, it's happened before.

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[–] ellie@slrpnk.net 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

An inbox delete would be enough as far as the user is concerned, it wouldn't need to be deleted on the server side. But e.g. some people send literal gore. Moderation is useful but understandably may often take a while, so until then there should be a way to get it out of sight.

[–] poVoq@slrpnk.net 3 points 2 months ago

If you press the checkmark icon they are hidden behind the "all" tab. Only new DMs are shown in the default "unread" tab.