Self service conveniences

calzoneman commented 6 years ago

A few things that people occasionally ask me to do manually that really ought to be self-service actions on the website:

[x] Delete an account (#464) -- landed in https://github.com/calzoneman/sync/commit/aa2348656dcf2fbd5f1562475ee4fab97e153816
[ ] View and clear aliases
[ ] Transfer a channel to a different owner

Delete an account

Discussed in #464. Needs to verify that the user doesn't own any channels first, and prompt the user to delete or transfer those channels before deleting the account. Consider having a delayed deletion to prevent abuse.

View and clear aliases

The account page should show which aliases are associated with the user's IP address and explain what aliases are and why the user may see aliases they don't own (VPNs, public networks, etc.). The user should be able to clear their aliases, with some restriction on how often to prevent abuse. Alternatively, consider just deprecating the aliases feature.

Transfer a channel to a different owner

The channels page should allow the user to transfer the channel ownership to another user. Initiating a transfer should not complete immediately, but prompt the other user to accept the transfer. Once complete, the original owner is demoted to rank 4 and the channel's owner flag is set to the new owner.

Xaekai commented 5 years ago

First one done.

calzoneman commented 5 years ago

Putting down some thoughts for Transfer a channel to a different owner:

Channel owner can request transfer to another user
The other user must accept the transfer before it goes through
Unaccepted transfers are abandoned after 7 days, or when the channel owner submits a new transfer request for the same channel
Users can see transfer requests from the my channels page, or maybe get an email notification about it

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