@accalia said:
they use it for a while and then for one reason or another (what reason is irrelevant) are demoted to a non moderator status: obviously they lose access to the moderator stuff. what happense to their posts in the moderator section. some of them could be security related and something that they shouldn't have access too. others could be "secret" chatting.
how do you resolve that. furthermore even if you allow them access to their own posts there how do you solve the issue of cotnext. if they can see their posts/threads, should they be able to see the replies to those posts threads? and if they can't (which is i would argue the correct answer) then what good is it seeing their posts if they can no longer see the larger conversation?
It's fairly simple imo: you keep access to your own posts, always. Because they're yours. By all means block the demoted users from editing or even viewing the threads and other peoples posts, but there should
always be a way to view your own posts. Yes, the user would lack context without seeing other folks' posts, but the user has no right to others' posts. If they want to see others' posts, then they DO have to jump through the hoops. I do think you have an inherent right to your own writing however, and honestly believe it borderline crazy to think otherwise.
I'm surprised folks here think it's ok to seal people off from their own speech and thoughts, that seems strange and pointless and creepy, and I've never seen it done in other forums either. I don't know why Discourse does it. Generally, there's always a "my posts" list?
Edit: As for security related stuff that they shouldn't see any more, they could easily remember or have screenshotted it. If a guy who "knew too much" became hostile or whatever, that would already necessitate passwords and whatever else he knew being changed. Him viewing an old message he himself wrote, with info he himself knew, wouldn't change that, I think. He's not learning anything new.
@accalia said:
or, another analogy, what about in a business? if you work for HR and have documents saved in the HR share for your work and you transfer to Accounting, should you keep access to your HR work?
Those documents belong to the business, they can do what they like with them. Not an applicable analogy imo.