Message automatic deletion a la snapchat
I'm trying Mattermost on a large organization as a professional communication tool surrounding but not overlapping formal previous communication tools that will remain (email, business specific tools, etc). To achive that, Mattermost messages are meant to be sended/received, read, and then expire and dissapear. We don't need a new static, searchable communication tool (yet on steroids), but a volatile one in order to support teams internal dynamics, but not to remain logged.
I've thougth of a sort of bot checking times been read or time from post on every message and deleting on checking pre-defined conditions, but this would be great on a system config set of features
Ref: https://support.snapchat.com/en-US/a/when-are-snaps-chats-deleted
Emilio Cabezas
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Adeel Mughal commented
This is a very useful feature for teams handling sensitive or temporary information. Automatic message expiry like Snapchat would improve privacy, reduce unnecessary message storage, and help keep channels clean. It would be great if Mattermost adds configurable time-based auto-deletion for messages.
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This is a really useful idea. Auto-deleting messages after a set time would be great for sharing sensitive or temporary information. Not every conversation needs to stay forever, and this would help keep channels clean. Manual deletion works, but automatic expiry would be much more convenient. Hope Mattermost considers adding this feature in the future.
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Auto-deleting messages after a set time would be great for sharing sensitive or temporary information. Not every conversation needs to stay forever, and this would help keep channels clean. Manual deletion works, but automatic expiry would be much more convenient. Hope Mattermost considers adding this feature in the future.
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Dennis
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I would like a command for that to (like '/delete 30 sensitive text') to delete a message after a specific amount of time. I often have to send passwords and customer data to coworkers and would like an option to autodelete them.
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meilon
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I'd like this on a per message basis, too, especially for webhooks. We send notifications to the group channels, and they are just that. A user would delete it after reading, and if he's on vacation or something, the message just doesn't concern him. It would be nice if a bot could then set a time to when a message is considered "old news" and mattermost deletes them on the next deletion run.
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[Deleted User]
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we would like to have such a feature as an otional add-on per post.
So you can select a special post to be only visible for 24h - for example.
Just to get rid of the "yes - i know that i am not allowed to post passwords here - but i do it nevertheless, cause its convenient"... -
Will
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Why are you automatically deleting official internal electronic communications at a large organization sent from a professional communications tool? Isn't that ethically fuzzy and potentially illegal? What if the Ford Pinto Memos had been automatically shredded?