users are told to use more, and then told only admins may use it

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users are told to use more, and then told only admins may use it

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Answer 1 · 2021-01-18T18:27:47.000Z

(11:51:15) begiak: Type ".more" to view remaining 44 messages.
(11:59:14) ifs[m]: .more
(11:59:14) begiak: ifs[m]: Only admins can use .more on channels.

Answer 2 · 2021-01-18T18:30:13.000Z

Perhaps .more should send messages privately when user is not an admin.

Answer 3 · 2021-01-19T00:46:09.000Z

Perhaps .more should send messages privately when user is not an admin.

That would require user-level tracking of queues, which would make the module much more complicated (although this isn't impossible).

Answer 4 · 2021-01-19T00:55:25.000Z

hadn't thought of that aspect.

I was basically imagining that a non-admin typing .more would just privately send whatever would have been gotten if an admin had written it.

Answer 5 · 2021-01-19T00:58:30.000Z

That is a potential behaviour, but probably not ideal in terms of the fact that it allows non-admins to discreetly empty the queue...

Answer 6 · 2021-01-19T01:00:07.000Z

or if it displays what's in the queue without emptying it? though I suppose at some point we're adding just as much complexity as we're avoiding.

Answer 7 · 2021-01-20T13:30:36.000Z

I think that would have to be user-level, since every time you kick it, it shows one thing from the queue. So it'd have to keep track of how many times each user has kicked it.