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
oh wow, this platform really is not well put together. Let’s hope that with the attention it’s getting there might be some investment in better planning of the features on here
tbf, I’d still rather be here than reddit
When you send an email to someone, how can you delete it once they have it?
It’s a similar issue here.
Except this isn’t email, is it? This platform isn’t copying all content to all other instances.
And even then, still not an excuse to be negligent.
If you send personal data to a mailing list with hundreds of members, can you ask them to delete that email?
Email receivers get a copy of the email, in a similar fashion to Lemmy.
Also, the latest Lemmy version allows for local communities, where content does not federate
This isn’t about a mailing list with hundreds of members, this is about a dm. And not wanting to see it.
Is that so complicated?
(even emails let you delete m on your end)
Do people not realise that a software application does not just pop into existence with every conceivable feature implemented on day one?
Each dev only has so much effort they can put in, and being volunteers they have every right to prioritise working on whatever parts they care about most.