Removing particpant from multi-way message chats

Snags

How do you remove a third party from a group message?  Or does the individual need to remove themselves?

e.g. if I start a discussion with 5 other FBers, and maybe add a couple more in along the way, and then one of them wants to leave because it's no longer relevant:

• can I remove them as the discussion originator? (If so, how, 'cos I can't see a mechanism)
• do they just need to use "Delete Conversation" at their end? (which presumably deletes the conversation for them, but doesn't unilaterally destroy it for all the other participants?)
• do the rest of us need to start a new conversation that doesn't include the people who want out?

I'm assuming it must be the middle option, but thought it wise to check.

munckee

Snags said:

How do you remove a third party from a group message?  Or does the individual need to remove themselves?

e.g. if I start a discussion with 5 other FBers, and maybe add a couple more in along the way, and then one of them wants to leave because it's no longer relevant:

• can I remove them as the discussion originator? (If so, how, 'cos I can't see a mechanism)
• do they just need to use "Delete Conversation" at their end? (which presumably deletes the conversation for them, but doesn't unilaterally destroy it for all the other participants?)
• do the rest of us need to start a new conversation that doesn't include the people who want out?

I'm assuming it must be the middle option, but thought it wise to check.

Is it me am I no longer relevant??

Snags

Yes, you're dead to me.

No, it's someone who's requested no more notifications.  But I still think wants access to the messages. So I'm not sure how that will work, or indeed if it's something I can control.  A learning opportunity!

guitartango

I am guessing a new thread...  lets remove the guy who wanted to turn his amp up... oh it was me

munckee

guitartango said:

I am guessing a new thread...  lets remove the guy who wanted to turn his amp up... oh it was me

Your amp surely doesn't get any louder : )

digitalscream

Only the person who wants to leave can do that - you can't kick someone out of a conversation.

Unfortunately, you can't both remove yourself from a conversation and keep the conversation in your history. Thank the Vanilla devs for that little piece of genius.

A much better way to have that sort of multi-way conversation is simply to run it as a thread in public, assuming you're not bitching and moaning about people in private

Snags

Thanks Lee.  I'll ask the troops what they want to do. If you see a thread titled "That bastard digitalscream" you'll know they've decided to go public

(No, it's not a bitch-fest, just an organisational convo that doesn't have the capacity to be come one, come all, unfortunately).

guitartango

munckee said:

guitartango said:

I am guessing a new thread...  lets remove the guy who wanted to turn his amp up... oh it was me

Your amp surely doesn't get any louder : )

it may go to 11