I think what Denise has been saying is that all of this is theoretically
possible, except at the moment there's no way to associate a post with an
OpenID, nor is there a way to screen a post, so both of these would have to
be invented first.

On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 6:24 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:

> How about this: Mod imports community.  Posts are set up as coming from
> OpenID names (can't post new posts, but still have control of old ones).
> BUT all posts are screened as a default.  Messages automatically get sent
> to the people who originally posted those posts, saying "X community got
> imported to DW" with a list of posts they've made in that community, with
> the option to either unscreen or delete each post on DW, the option to set
> up a DW account so they could post to the community now it's moved, and
> the option to associate the OpenID account with an existing DW account.
> It would probably take a large, complicated code thingy to do, but it
> would deal with all of the objections raised so far if I understand them
> correctly.  People still would have ultimate control over their own
> content, but it would still be moved as a whole.  Obviously, it wouldn't
> answer for all situations (forex, if it's a specifically reference
> community and the idea of losing a lot of posts from people who don't want
> to switch or have become inactive and disappeared), but it should work for
> most communities without being too hinky in the way that it deals with
> peoples' content.
>
> (I was originally going to suggest just a notification that the posts to x
> community have been moved with a link to deleting them, but moving without
> asking first is hinky enough even if you screen it in the new place so no
> one can read it but the original poster.)
>
> Beatrice Otter
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