Delete All Bookmarks #37
Description
Hello,
I was recently comparing the UIs between the old Mac OS app (bird logo) and the new Mac OS app (X logo) and noticed something fairly interesting: the former provides the option to delete all of a user's bookmarks with one click, whereas the latter does not. Considering that the Bookmarks feature has been around now, it should stand to reason that users experience a nontrivial improve in UX improvement from being able to get a fresh start. Moreover, I believe maintaining an API endpoint for this (should X decide not to reintroduce such functionality to clients that enjoy first-party support) falls squarely in line with X's principles:
Privacy and Security:
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Allowing a user to perform batch deletions mitigates the damage incurred in the case that an unauthorized user gains access to said user's account
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If you think about it, this is not too far off from the decision to prohibit anyone but a user to access said user's likes
Rate Limiting and Activity Quotas
- Providing first-party support for such a batch deletions would greatly cut down on the quantity of individual calls to the Bookmarks DELETE API endpoint