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Jun 3, 2020 at 13:30 history edited CommunityBot
Commonmark migration
Apr 17, 2019 at 23:27 comment added user212646 I don't see how making chat temporary and private changes things.
Dec 17, 2015 at 17:24 comment added Kit Z. Fox With regard to regulars not caring when they break the rules, that's part of the problem. From my recent experience, a regular can and will hold a room hostage over being disciplined for rule violations. When regulars develop the attitude that rules don't apply to them and that they make the rules because they are regulars, that's a big problem for moderators.
Dec 16, 2015 at 4:34 comment added 89c3b1b8-b1ae-11e6-b842-48d705 @Hosch250 alright, that's totally fair. I hope others can skip that portion of my feedback and treat it as a severability clause.
Dec 16, 2015 at 4:13 comment added user245368 I for one really enjoy reading old transcripts and reliving some conversations (especially ones where I first learned an idea). I do not think deleting everything periodically is a good solution.
Dec 16, 2015 at 3:58 history rollback 89c3b1b8-b1ae-11e6-b842-48d705
Rollback to Revision 2
Dec 16, 2015 at 3:54 history edited Nathan Tuggy CC BY-SA 3.0
Fixed some typos
Dec 16, 2015 at 3:53 comment added Nathan Tuggy +1 for avoidance of "trigger-warning: regex"!
Dec 14, 2015 at 17:25 comment added Jon Clements I'm still waiting for that £20 btw :)
Dec 14, 2015 at 16:43 history edited 89c3b1b8-b1ae-11e6-b842-48d705 CC BY-SA 3.0
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Dec 14, 2015 at 16:42 comment added 89c3b1b8-b1ae-11e6-b842-48d705 Those are all good points. The "edge of chat history" that I had in mind had nothing to do with getting rid of cruft/bad messages, but more to do with how we think about chat and nettled users crawling through chat history looking for ammunition. (unrelated: I appreciate the work that you're doing here, Shog9)
Dec 14, 2015 at 16:38 comment added Shog9 StaffMod In theory, transcripts could often be purged after some length of time. In practice, determining when that should be is all but impossible: note that there are rules in place to delete or freeze inactive rooms, but even then nothing is hard deleted because the heuristics are often wrong; it's possible to refer back to old conversations or reply to old messages, and doing so is even desirable in many cases; hobbling the system for the sake of brushing cruft under the rug quickly becomes a race to the bottom.
Dec 14, 2015 at 16:31 comment added 89c3b1b8-b1ae-11e6-b842-48d705 I can understand why the feature set was chosen to be more persistent than IRC, but wasn't sure if that ruled out "delete on read" for user history or some retention-cliff (e.g. 6 months). Fair enough.
Dec 14, 2015 at 16:28 comment added Shog9 StaffMod Private / transient chat on Stack Exchange is a non-starter; this system was created to be public and persistent because of the problems that arose trying to host a semi-official channel on IRC. If that's bothersome to anyone, they should find a different place to chat posthaste.
Dec 14, 2015 at 16:15 history answered 89c3b1b8-b1ae-11e6-b842-48d705 CC BY-SA 3.0