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Evan Prodromou Jun 19, 2024

Should the original poster be able to remove replies to their post?

#EvanPoll #poll

Strong yes

31.8%

Qualified yes

36.5%

Qualified no

19.6%

Strong no

12.1%

Poll ended at Jun 20, 2024 at 1:22pm.

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Evan Prodromou Jun 20, 2024

So, I'm a strong yes.

Every ActivityPub post has a `replies` collection that contains all the replies to the post. The definitive version lives on the original poster's server.

The OP should be able to either approve replies before they're added to this collection, or remove them from the collection if they're added automatically.

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Mark Shane Hayden

@evan the ability to curate the replies collection of your posts is essential functionality for sure!

ActivityPub is bigger than reply-guy-friendly microblogging. Imagine if you had limited or no means of moderating the comment threads of your YouTube/Peertube videos or your blog or your forum/BBS site!