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dansup

Joining a group is cheap, leaving one isn't.

That's why I decided to make it harder than clicking a button.

I want people to know exactly what it means, and give them time to consider the action. #pixeldev #groups #pixelfed

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Solinvictus :vm:

@dansup pretty cool! Appreciate all the cool stuff you’re bringing to Pixelfed 🫂

mattbk

@dansup doesn't deleting all your content break everyone else's conversation history? I mean, you should be able to do it, but I don't think it should be a requirement of leaving a group. Sometimes you just need to take a break from certain things and come back later.

Groosha

@dansup why would posts be removed? It doesn't make any sense to me

Григорий Клюшников

But why remove the content? This doesn't feel like it serves a useful purpose. It's more like a major inconvenience. In VK you could add stuff to a public group without even joining it. On Smithereen you can also post on a group's wall regardless of your membership.

Григорий Клюшников

And if it's a private group, everything you've done in there stays in there even if you leave (or if you're removed by group admins).

dansup

@grishka Good point, leaving a group will not delete any interactions anymore!

frankiezafe

@dansup this kind of features is a carbon copy of centralised platforms! You prevent users to take responsibility for their actions. It's (at best) a paternalist approach, at worst a way to lock users into YOUR platform. I'm following your toots for a while now, and you are copying all the worst lock in systems developed by gafam. Such a pity to take them as an example and bring this ideology into the fediverse.

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