Currently no - but I do get what you're going for (and totally understand why lol).
Really the only "real" way I see it actually working is to transfer ownership to an account where the keys are burnt. That way moderation could be disabled (by first owner), then ownership transferred (to burnt owner) which would prevent moderation from ever being enabled again.
I suppose I could simulate that just by allowing the owner to essentially 'burn' their moderation powers with a custom operation and then just never allow it to be reenabled.
It's something I'm definitely thinking about!
I've got a different idea. What about allowing several owners in the same forum and only actions accepted by all owners will be made?
Basically a multisig for moderation permissions - it's a neat idea.
It's definitely something we can explore, though probably a low priority at this point since there's so much else to do and build. I've got this thread linked from the github issue so once work begins it can reference this conversation.
Great. Thank you. Looking forward to these features :-)
What language do you develop in? Do you need a developer?
All of the projects I work on are open source and if you're interested, more than welcome to contribute.
Almost everything I work on currently is a combination of python or javascript, and I've all the data is in mongo.
https://github.com/aaroncox has a bunch of them pinned :)
I will have a look. Thank you
This leads into another question of transferring ownership of a forum. Once a forum owner can no longer moderate, can you assign that moderation to another person or would you need to transfer ownership as you suggest above? Can you sell the rights to a forum if you are the creator?
Thanks
Transferring ownership is something that is in the works - just not here yet. Once we do have transferring, I suppose you could sell a forum :)
I think in the case of disabling moderation - it would be disabled forever, even if the ownership was transferred. Really at that point all the ownership would allow you to do is set the forum's configuration options and claim beneficiary rewards.
Without the ability to transfer moderation, I'm not sure the forum would retain any intrinsic value, therefore not as valuable. Just a thought. I've seen high-income generating blogs get sold for big bucks... but with all rights and functions attached.