But if I’m understanding correctly, her posts weren’t disappeared for privacy reason, her account was disabled to make absolutely sure a bad actor can’t hack into the admin account and effectively take over the board and hold it hostage.
I’m surprised we still haven’t transferred full admin powers to someone else, even as a semi-permanent/long-term temporary, but still technically “interim admin”. Wouldn’t that have the added benefit of turning her account back into that of a regular member?
If discourse is set up such that once a user is an admin, they can’t be downgraded, I’d be curious if there was any way to restore her posts. Can her username be banned so the posts would still be available but her privileges revoked?
I suppose at least, if this is the case, we now know that whoever eventually takes over admin duties should set up a separate account just for that. That way they don’t risk losing their entire posting history if/when they step down.
But she was still a pretty prolific poster and people may still want to revisit her old posts.
You can still google her username and come up with threads she’s posted to. You can’t access her profile, but her posts still exist. Here’s a random one that showed up when I used google to search for her name.