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I can somehow understand the intentions behind this request.
An information next to the user that he is on vacation or N/A at the moment (like on Fiverr or other platforms) would be a good thing and controlling notifications with this mode could also be a benefit.
Others then see it makes no sense to contact them at the moment or not to expect an answer until the user is back.
But I definitely don't agree with the part where existing content will be hidden.
The reasons are simple: this would lower the quality of DEV.to! The content is owned by the author - yes. The information shared could still be valuable in the meantime to someone and contribute to the quality of the platform.
Take you personal website blog or facebook / other social media timeline:
You wouldn't clear all posts from there also, you'd leave them there.
Same goes for DEV in my opinion.
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I can somehow understand the intentions behind this request.
An information next to the user that he is on vacation or N/A at the moment (like on Fiverr or other platforms) would be a good thing and controlling notifications with this mode could also be a benefit.
Others then see it makes no sense to contact them at the moment or not to expect an answer until the user is back.
But I definitely don't agree with the part where existing content will be hidden.
The reasons are simple: this would lower the quality of DEV.to! The content is owned by the author - yes. The information shared could still be valuable in the meantime to someone and contribute to the quality of the platform.
Take you personal website blog or facebook / other social media timeline:
You wouldn't clear all posts from there also, you'd leave them there.
Same goes for DEV in my opinion.