people really want to believe that deletion can work.

i think it's dangerous to perpetuate this belief,
but i'm not interested in being the internet archive either.

activity.go

@@ -680,22 +680,14 @@ func jonkjonk(user *WhatAbout, h *Honk) (map[string]interface{}, map[string]inte
 	}
 
 	switch h.What {
-	case "zonk":
-		fallthrough
 	case "tonk":
 		fallthrough
 	case "honk":
 		j["type"] = "Create"
-		if h.What == "zonk" {
-			j["type"] = "Delete"
-		}
 
 		jo = NewJunk()
 		jo["id"] = user.URL + "/h/" + h.XID
 		jo["type"] = "Note"
-		if h.What == "zonk" {
-			jo["type"] = "Tombstone"
-		}
 		jo["published"] = dt
 		jo["url"] = user.URL + "/h/" + h.XID
 		jo["attributedTo"] = user.URL
@@ -756,6 +748,9 @@ func jonkjonk(user *WhatAbout, h *Honk) (map[string]interface{}, map[string]inte
 	case "bonk":
 		j["type"] = "Announce"
 		j["object"] = h.XID
+	case "zonk":
+		j["type"] = "Delete"
+		j["object"] = user.URL + "/h/" + h.XID
 	}
 
 	return j, jo

docs/manual.txt

@@ -26,9 +26,8 @@ Cant be useful for managing as part of a combo, however.
 -- zonking
 
 You can zonk anything you like (or dislike), either your own honk or
-those of others that you're tired of seeing. This reduces its visibility, but
-doesn't attempt to delete it, which is infeasible.
-It's more like disavow or disregard.
+those of others that you're tired of seeing. Be advised that deletion
+works poorly in a federated environment. It's more like please disregard.
 
 The killzone supports blocking unwanted contacts. One may block an actor
 (zonker), a domain (zurl), or thread (zonvoy).

honk.go

@@ -711,9 +711,6 @@ func donksforhonks(honks []*Honk) {
 	var ids []string
 	hmap := make(map[int64]*Honk)
 	for _, h := range honks {
-		if h.What == "zonk" {
-			continue
-		}
 		ids = append(ids, fmt.Sprintf("%d", h.ID))
 		hmap[h.ID] = h
 	}
@@ -814,7 +811,20 @@ func zonkit(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	log.Printf("zonking %s %s", wherefore, what)
 	userinfo := login.GetUserInfo(r)
 	if wherefore == "zonk" {
+		xonk := getxonk(userinfo.Username, what)
 		stmtZonkIt.Exec(userinfo.UserID, what)
+		if xonk != nil && xonk.Honker == "" {
+			zonk := Honk{
+				What:     "zonk",
+				XID:      xonk.XID,
+				Date:     time.Now().UTC(),
+				Audience: oneofakind(xonk.Audience),
+			}
+
+			user, _ := butwhatabout(userinfo.Username)
+			log.Printf("announcing deleted honk: %s", what)
+			go honkworldwide(user, &zonk)
+		}
 	} else {
 		_, err := stmtSaveZonker.Exec(userinfo.UserID, what, wherefore)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -1331,7 +1341,8 @@ func prepareStatements(db *sql.DB) {
 	stmtFileData = preparetodie(db, "select media, content from files where xid = ?")
 	stmtFindXonk = preparetodie(db, "select honkid from honks where userid = ? and xid = ?")
 	stmtSaveDonk = preparetodie(db, "insert into donks (honkid, fileid) values (?, ?)")
-	stmtDeleteHonk = preparetodie(db, "update honks set what = 'zonk' where xid = ? and honker = ? and userid = ?")
+	stmtDeleteHonk = preparetodie(db, "delete from honks where xid = ? and honker = ? and userid = ?")
+	stmtZonkIt = preparetodie(db, "delete from honks where userid = ? and xid = ?")
 	stmtFindFile = preparetodie(db, "select fileid from files where url = ?")
 	stmtSaveFile = preparetodie(db, "insert into files (xid, name, url, media, content) values (?, ?, ?, ?, ?)")
 	stmtWhatAbout = preparetodie(db, "select userid, username, displayname, about, pubkey from users where username = ?")
@@ -1340,7 +1351,6 @@ func prepareStatements(db *sql.DB) {
 	stmtGetDoovers = preparetodie(db, "select dooverid, dt from doovers")
 	stmtLoadDoover = preparetodie(db, "select tries, username, rcpt, msg from doovers where dooverid = ?")
 	stmtZapDoover = preparetodie(db, "delete from doovers where dooverid = ?")
-	stmtZonkIt = preparetodie(db, "update honks set what = 'zonk' where userid = ? and xid = ?")
 	stmtThumbBiters = preparetodie(db, "select userid, name, wherefore from zonkers where (wherefore = 'zonker' or wherefore = 'zurl')")
 	stmtSaveZonker = preparetodie(db, "insert into zonkers (userid, name, wherefore) values (?, ?, ?)")
 	stmtGetBoxes = preparetodie(db, "select ibox, obox, sbox from xonkers where xid = ?")

upgradedb.go

@@ -65,6 +65,10 @@ func upgradedb() {
 		doordie(db, "update config set value = 5 where key = 'dbversion'")
 		fallthrough
 	case 5:
+		doordie(db, "delete from honks where what = 'zonk'")
+		doordie(db, "update config set value = 6 where key = 'dbversion'")
+		fallthrough
+	case 6:
 	default:
 		log.Fatalf("can't upgrade unknown version %d", dbversion)
 	}

util.go

@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ var dbtimeformat = "2006-01-02 15:04:05"
 var alreadyopendb *sql.DB
 var dbname = "honk.db"
 var stmtConfig *sql.Stmt
-var myVersion = 5
+var myVersion = 6
 
 func initdb() {
 	schema, err := ioutil.ReadFile("schema.sql")

views/honk.html

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ convoy: <a href="/t?c={{ .Convoy }}">{{ .Convoy }}</a>
 {{ end }}
 </div>
 {{ end }}
-{{ if and .BonkCSRF (not (eq .Honk.What "zonked")) }}
+{{ if .BonkCSRF }}
 <p>
 <div>
 {{ if not .Honk.Privacy }}

views/style.css

@@ -140,17 +140,6 @@ button a {
 .tonked .noise a {
 	color: #aab;
 }
-.zonked {
-	color: #a79;
-}
-.zonked .noise {
-	color: #a79;
-	font-size: 0.8em;
-	text-decoration: line-through;
-}
-.zonked .noise a {
-	color: #a79;
-}
 .limited {
 	border: 1px solid #a04;
 	color: #a79;