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Controls to limit the amount of self-redacting a user can do
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Description
You end up reading a wall of your own messages talking to yourself.
Perhaps there should be option to limit self-redacting ability for certain room/person.
Also, I wouldn't erase every trace of redacted message in the timeline, preserving the entry instead with indication that it was redacted (or redacted by sender, if applicable).
That would maintain some level of consistency in rooms with problematic participants.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reviewing the Matrix specification areas covering message redaction, timelines, and room or user permissions. Clarify whether the goal is to limit self-redaction, preserve redacted timeline entries, or both, and define the protocol behavior and affected participants before implementation. No file or test is named in the issue.
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Assessment
- Domain
- backend-api-design
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 20/100