twitter / twitter/communitynotes

Controversial tweet that is deleted and republished anew to erase community notes

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Description

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

On some controversial subjects, authors who are faced with notes that contradict them simply delete their tweet and republish it afresh.

Even when adding new notes, they continue.

I'd like to open the discussion to see how this kind of behavior could be handled. Sometimes several notes that provided interesting context have disappeared.

Describe the solution you'd like

I don't have any particular solution, but I'd like to have a discussion to find something simple to implement.

If a tweet is deleted, would it be possible to find the note associated with it?

If a note disappears, could its author be notified (and still have access to his copy)?

One idea might be to mention in the attributes that the original tweet has been deleted (with a screenshot of the original containing the presence of notes) if an author of the original note comes back to the new tweet. (I know it's a complicated process).

Describe alternatives you've considered
A clear and concise description of any alternative solutions or features you've considered.

Additional context

It's a complex subject so discussion would help gather ideas to sort through.

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Research direction

No file, test, entry point, concrete solution, or completion criteria is named. Start by reviewing the issue and its discussion to agree on how deleted tweets, associated notes, and republished tweets should be handled. Done requires a specific, implementable behavior and tests or other acceptance criteria.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
backend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
20/100

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