mea culpa function to de-escalate

app/activitypub/routes.py

@@ -379,6 +379,7 @@ def shared_inbox():
 
                                         if post_reply is not None:
                                             post = Post.query.get(post_id)
+                                            if post.comments_enabled:
                                                 db.session.add(post_reply)
                                                 post.reply_count += 1
                                                 community.post_reply_count += 1
@@ -388,6 +389,8 @@ def shared_inbox():
                                                 vote = PostReplyVote(user_id=user.id, author_id=post_reply.user_id, post_reply_id=post_reply.id,
                                                                     effect=instance_weight(user.ap_domain))
                                                 db.session.add(vote)
+                                            else:
+                                                activity_log.exception_message = 'Comments disabled'
                                 else:
                                     activity_log.exception_message = 'Unacceptable type (kbin): ' + object_type
 
@@ -472,9 +475,16 @@ def shared_inbox():
                                                 post_reply.body = html_to_markdown(post_reply.body_html)
 
                                             if post_reply is not None:
+                                                post = Post.query.get(post_id)
+                                                if post.comments_enabled:
                                                     db.session.add(post_reply)
                                                     community.post_reply_count += 1
+                                                    community.last_active = utcnow()
+                                                    post.last_active = utcnow()
+                                                    activity_log.result = 'success'
                                                     db.session.commit()
+                                                else:
+                                                    activity_log.exception_message = 'Comments disabled'
                                     else:
                                         activity_log.exception_message = 'Unacceptable type: ' + object_type
 

app/models.py

@@ -429,6 +429,7 @@ class Post(db.Model):
     body_html = db.Column(db.Text)
     type = db.Column(db.Integer)
     comments_enabled = db.Column(db.Boolean, default=True)
+    mea_culpa = db.Column(db.Boolean, default=False)
     has_embed = db.Column(db.Boolean, default=False)
     reply_count = db.Column(db.Integer, default=0)
     score = db.Column(db.Integer, default=0, index=True)

app/post/forms.py

@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ class NewReplyForm(FlaskForm):
     submit = SubmitField(_l('Comment'))
 
 
-
 class ReportPostForm(FlaskForm):
     reason_choices = [('1', _l('Breaks community rules')), ('7', _l('Spam')), ('2', _l('Harassment')),
                       ('3', _l('Threatening violence')), ('4', _l('Hate / genocide')),
@@ -35,3 +34,7 @@ class ReportPostForm(FlaskForm):
                 if choice[0] == reason_id:
                     result.append(str(choice[1]))
         return ', '.join(result)
+
+
+class MeaCulpaForm(FlaskForm):
+    submit = SubmitField(_l('I changed my mind'))

app/post/routes.py

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ from app import db, constants
 from app.activitypub.signature import HttpSignature
 from app.activitypub.util import default_context
 from app.community.util import save_post
-from app.post.forms import NewReplyForm, ReportPostForm
+from app.post.forms import NewReplyForm, ReportPostForm, MeaCulpaForm
 from app.community.forms import CreatePostForm
 from app.post.util import post_replies, get_comment_branch, post_reply_count
 from app.constants import SUBSCRIPTION_MEMBER, SUBSCRIPTION_OWNER, POST_TYPE_LINK, POST_TYPE_ARTICLE, POST_TYPE_IMAGE
@@ -29,12 +29,20 @@ def show_post(post_id: int):
     if current_user.is_anonymous and request_etag_matches(current_etag):
         return return_304(current_etag)
 
+    if post.mea_culpa:
+        flash(_('%(name)s has indicated they made a mistake in this post.', name=post.author.user_name), 'warning')
+
     mods = post.community.moderators()
     is_moderator = current_user.is_authenticated and any(mod.user_id == current_user.id for mod in mods)
 
     # handle top-level comments/replies
     form = NewReplyForm()
     if current_user.is_authenticated and current_user.verified and form.validate_on_submit():
+
+        if not post.comments_enabled:
+            flash('Comments have been disabled.', 'warning')
+            return redirect(url_for('activitypub.post_ap', post_id=post_id))
+
         reply = PostReply(user_id=current_user.id, post_id=post.id, community_id=post.community.id, body=form.body.data,
                           body_html=markdown_to_html(form.body.data), body_html_safe=True,
                           from_bot=current_user.bot, up_votes=1, nsfw=post.nsfw, nsfl=post.nsfl,
@@ -247,6 +255,11 @@ def continue_discussion(post_id, comment_id):
 @login_required
 def add_reply(post_id: int, comment_id: int):
     post = Post.query.get_or_404(post_id)
+
+    if not post.comments_enabled:
+        flash('The author of the post has changed their mind so comments have been disabled.', 'warning')
+        return redirect(url_for('activitypub.post_ap', post_id=post_id))
+
     in_reply_to = PostReply.query.get_or_404(comment_id)
     mods = post.community.moderators()
     is_moderator = current_user.is_authenticated and any(mod.user_id == current_user.id for mod in mods)
@@ -477,3 +490,19 @@ def post_block_instance(post_id: int):
         db.session.commit()
     flash(_('Content from %(name)s will be hidden.', name=post.instance.domain))
     return redirect(post.community.local_url())
+
+
+@login_required
+@bp.route('/post/<int:post_id>/mea_culpa', methods=['GET', 'POST'])
+def post_mea_culpa(post_id: int):
+    post = Post.query.get_or_404(post_id)
+    form = MeaCulpaForm()
+    if form.validate_on_submit():
+        post.comments_enabled = False
+        post.mea_culpa = True
+        post.community.last_active = utcnow()
+        post.last_active = utcnow()
+        db.session.commit()
+        return redirect(url_for('activitypub.post_ap', post_id=post.id))
+
+    return render_template('post/post_mea_culpa.html', title=_('I changed my mind'), form=form, post=post)

app/static/scss/_typography.scss

@@ -178,6 +178,10 @@
   content: "\ea03";
 }
 
+.fe-mea-culpa::before {
+  content: "\e997";
+}
+
 .fe-block::before {
   content: "\ea04";
 }

app/static/structure.css

@@ -181,6 +181,10 @@ nav, etc which are used site-wide */
   content: "\ea03";
 }
 
+.fe-mea-culpa::before {
+  content: "\e997";
+}
+
 .fe-block::before {
   content: "\ea04";
 }

app/static/styles.css

@@ -180,6 +180,10 @@
   content: "\ea03";
 }
 
+.fe-mea-culpa::before {
+  content: "\e997";
+}
+
 .fe-block::before {
   content: "\ea04";
 }

app/templates/post/continue_discussion.html

@@ -36,7 +36,9 @@
                             </div>
                         </div>
                         <div class="comment_actions hidable">
+                            {% if post.comments_enabled %}
                                 <a href="{{ url_for('post.add_reply', post_id=post.id, comment_id=comment['comment'].id) }}" rel="nofollow"><span class="fe fe-reply"></span> reply</a>
+                            {% endif %}
                         </div>
                         {% if comment['replies'] %}
                             <div class="replies hidable">

app/templates/post/post.html

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
                 <p><a href="{{ url_for('auth.login') }}">{{ _('Log in to comment') }}</a></p>
             {% endif %}
         {% else %}
-            <p>{{ _('Comments are disabled for this post.') }}</p>
+            <p>{{ _('Comments are disabled.') }}</p>
         {% endif %}
         {% if replies %}
         <div class="row post_replies">
@@ -72,7 +72,9 @@
                         </div>
                         {% if current_user.is_authenticated and current_user.verified %}
                             <div class="comment_actions hidable">
+                                {% if post.comments_enabled %}
                                     <a href="{{ url_for('post.add_reply', post_id=post.id, comment_id=comment['comment'].id) }}" rel="nofollow"><span class="fe fe-reply"></span> reply</a>
+                                {% endif %}
                             </div>
                         {% endif %}
                         {% if comment['replies'] %}

app/templates/post/post_mea_culpa.html

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{% extends "base.html" %}
+{% from 'bootstrap/form.html' import render_form %}
+
+{% block app_content %}
+    <div class="row">
+        <div class="col col-login mx-auto">
+            <div class="card mt-5">
+                <div class="card-body p-6">
+                    <div class="card-title">{{ _('I changed my mind') }}</div>
+                    <div class="card-body">
+                        <p>{{ _('If you wish to de-escalate the discussion on your post and now feel like it was a mistake, click the button below.') }}</p>
+                        <p>{{ _('No further comments will be posted and a message saying you made a mistake in this post will be displayed.') }}</p>
+                        <p><a href="https://nickpunt.com/blog/deescalating-social-media/" target="_blank">More about this</a></p>
+                        {{ render_form(form) }}
+                    </div>
+                </div>
+            </div>
+        </div>
+    </div>
+{% endblock %}

app/templates/post/post_options.html

@@ -8,12 +8,17 @@
                 <div class="card-body p-6">
                     <div class="card-title">{{ _('Options for "%(post_title)s"', post_title=post.title) }}</div>
                     <ul class="option_list">
-                        {% if current_user.is_authenticated and (post.user_id == current_user.id or post.community.is_moderator()) %}
+                        {% if current_user.is_authenticated %}
+                            {% if post.user_id == current_user.id or post.community.is_moderator() %}
                                 <li><a href="{{ url_for('post.post_edit', post_id=post.id) }}" class="no-underline" rel="nofollow"><span class="fe fe-edit"></span>
                                     {{ _('Edit') }}</a></li>
                                 <li><a href="{{ url_for('post.post_delete', post_id=post.id) }}" class="no-underline confirm_first" rel="nofollow"><span class="fe fe-delete"></span>
                                     {{ _('Delete') }}</a></li>
                             {% endif %}
+                            {% if post.user_id == current_user.id and not post.mea_culpa %}
+                                <li><a href="{{ url_for('post.post_mea_culpa', post_id=post.id) }}" class="no-underline"><span class="fe fe-mea-culpa"></span>
+                                    {{ _("I changed my mind") }}</a></li>
+                            {% endif %}
                             {% if post.user_id != current_user.id %}
                                 <li><a href="{{ url_for('post.post_block_user', post_id=post.id) }}" class="no-underline"><span class="fe fe-block"></span>
                                     {{ _('Block post author @%(author_name)s', author_name=post.author.user_name) }}</a></li>
@@ -25,6 +30,7 @@
                                 <li><a href="{{ url_for('post.post_block_instance', post_id=post.id) }}" class="no-underline"><span class="fe fe-block"></span>
                                     {{ _('Hide every post from %(name)s', name=post.instance.domain) }}</a></li>
                                 {% endif %}
+                            {% endif %}
                             <li><a href="{{ url_for('post.post_report', post_id=post.id) }}" class="no-underline"><span class="fe fe-report"></span>
                                 {{ _('Report to moderators') }}</a></li>
 

migrations/versions/238faf5c9b8d_mea_culpa_on_posts.py

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+"""mea culpa on posts
+
+Revision ID: 238faf5c9b8d
+Revises: 5fb8f21295da
+Create Date: 2023-12-14 20:50:05.043660
+
+"""
+from alembic import op
+import sqlalchemy as sa
+
+
+# revision identifiers, used by Alembic.
+revision = '238faf5c9b8d'
+down_revision = '5fb8f21295da'
+branch_labels = None
+depends_on = None
+
+
+def upgrade():
+    # ### commands auto generated by Alembic - please adjust! ###
+    with op.batch_alter_table('post', schema=None) as batch_op:
+        batch_op.add_column(sa.Column('mea_culpa', sa.Boolean(), nullable=True))
+
+    # ### end Alembic commands ###
+
+
+def downgrade():
+    # ### commands auto generated by Alembic - please adjust! ###
+    with op.batch_alter_table('post', schema=None) as batch_op:
+        batch_op.drop_column('mea_culpa')
+
+    # ### end Alembic commands ###