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kspilarski opened this issue Apr 13, 2025 · 2 comments
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Feature Request: Allow Comment Deletion #102574

kspilarski opened this issue Apr 13, 2025 · 2 comments
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Customer Report Issues or PRs that were reported via Happiness. Previously known as "Happiness Request". Dotcom [Feature] Comments Comments on posts and the admin screen for managing them. [Feature Group] Content Management Features related to the tools and screens that admins use to manage their sites core content. New Feature

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kspilarski commented Apr 13, 2025 •
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What

Users cannot delete their own comments on other sites. And if they update their public display name, previous comments still display the old name.

User report: 9541182-zd
FYI @chekle

Why

WordPress.com does not allow users to delete comments they’ve made on other WordPress.com sites. While users are advised to contact the site owner to request deletion, owners may be unresponsive or unwilling to cooperate. This leaves users without control over their own content, which raises concerns about privacy and data ownership.

How

In this example, the user originally commented using the public display name "Spec." After updating the public display name, the old comment still shows "Spec" instead of the new name.

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@kspilarski kspilarski added [Feature Group] Content Management Features related to the tools and screens that admins use to manage their sites core content. [Feature] Comments Comments on posts and the admin screen for managing them. [Product] WordPress.com All features accessible on and related to WordPress.com. [Type] Feature Request Feature requests Needs triage Ticket needs to be triaged labels Apr 13, 2025
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supernovia commented Apr 14, 2025 •
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📌 ACTIONS

  • Requested feedback here: p1744640357823179-slack-C03NLNTPZ2T
  • Setting to In Triage / Enhancement / Normal priority for now

Update: setting to Backlog, and Loop is the correct team.

@supernovia supernovia moved this from In Triage to Backlog in Automattic Prioritization: The One Board ™ Apr 14, 2025
@richtabor richtabor added the Dotcom label Apr 17, 2025 — with Linear
@richtabor richtabor removed the [Product] WordPress.com All features accessible on and related to WordPress.com. label Apr 17, 2025
@Robertght Robertght removed the [Type] Feature Request Feature requests label Apr 24, 2025
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