Dear Esteemed Bungie.Net Designers and Hal,
I have been an admin for the greatest group/clan on bnet, The WorkPLace, for over 7 years now. Since recent updates to the site, many of my admin tools and abilities have been removed. I have been waiting patiently for some time knowing you were probably working on more important things, like the game, but I'm beginning to get impatient. There are certain things that I NEED to be able to do as an admin for a large and active group. The first and foremost being that I need to be able to edit members' posts, not because I'm a controlling egomaniac, but because it will actually help facilitate the group.
For example, we have it set so that only admins may make public threads, but occasionally a member will create an incredible thread that we realize after the fact we want to share with the public. Currently, admins can't edit a thread so that it is public after a member has made it. The only option is for the admin to recreate the thread so that it's public (thus stealing the credit), or go through a convoluted process of temporarily allowing members to make public posts and then let them make it again and then revoke the privilege again. What a pain! It would be so much easier if I could just edit the post and un-check Private.
Example dos: We have a thread that was originally posted in 2011 by a member. It was pinned at the time (now group announcement). We would like to un-pin the post. However, because it was made by a member who is no longer active in the group, there is no way to do this. We could just delete the thread, but it's a memorial thread and we don't want to lose the content.
Example C: Sometimes I just want to rename threads or put in an admin note in the OP for clarification. Not possible. Grrrr.
There are other capabilities that I wish we had such as the ability to ban directly from a post rather than going to the member list. And the return of roles/titles. (It would be even better if I could set certain permissions for certain roles.) But the inability to edit is the biggest thorn in my side right now. So pretty please, with sugar on top, can I please have this admin power back?
Hearts and flowers,
Froggie
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These are good suggestions, I'll pass them along to the Bnet team. Thanks!