This should be a pretty basic feature, just not having a private message be there anymore. But for some reason that does not work here?
I tried searching for this. I found a year old open issue on GitHub and some reddit users complaining about this very issue.
Talking with some people in the comments here, it seems like some people don’t understand that one might not want a message to be in their face. Or the idea that just because something could be recovered doesn’t mean we should treat it as an absolute
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You can mark them read, at which point they won’t appear with the default “unread” filter on.
If they’re offensive, you can block the user, which will make them disappear completely until you deliberately unblock them.
Lemmy is FOSS and still alpha software. The raw truth is either you ask nicely and hopes someone implements what you’re asking or code it yourself.
I didn’t even think of that. I’d have to find the time but I could make that feature for myself.
Thank you!
In my understanding, deleting (and moderation) are pretty much unsolved mysteries on this platform.
For example, last I heard, an administrator has to drop into a command line to delete media from removed posts, otherwise they’d still be accessible if the URL was known. (Think illegal material.)
Filtering is similarly done at the client end, so that’s fun.
Note that I’m not associated with the source code, only as a user and am repeating things I’ve observed, read, or have been told. YMMV.
