ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝 to New CommunitiesEnglish • 1 year agoYorkshire - Feddit UK - back from deletionfeddit.ukexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up136arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up136arrow-down1external-linkYorkshire - Feddit UK - back from deletionfeddit.ukᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝 to New CommunitiesEnglish • 1 year agomessage-square7fedilinkfile-text
[email protected] /c/[email protected] The original community was deleted when the creator deleted their account but it’s back under new management.
minus-squareᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝OPlinkfedilinkEnglish5•1 year agoPretty much. There’s currently no mechanism to stop the creator of a community from deleting it and no way to get it or the posts back. It has come up on GitHub where concern was raised.
minus-square@RolandolinkEnglish3•1 year agoaaah! hm… do you happen to know if it’s possible for the server admin to change the owner of a community?
minus-squareᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝OPlinkfedilinkEnglish4•1 year agoYes they can, I’ve done it a few times. It’s also possible for the creator of a community to transfer it to another Mod and leave the community (I’ve done it that way a couple of times too).
Pretty much. There’s currently no mechanism to stop the creator of a community from deleting it and no way to get it or the posts back.
It has come up on GitHub where concern was raised.
aaah! hm… do you happen to know if it’s possible for the server admin to change the owner of a community?
Yes they can, I’ve done it a few times. It’s also possible for the creator of a community to transfer it to another Mod and leave the community (I’ve done it that way a couple of times too).