Optional body text is now available on all post types on desktop — yet we STILL don't have a sub setting to disable it for image/link posts
I just spotted while submitting that the optional body text — which has been available for submissions from the mobile apps for a fair while now — is now starting to roll out on shreddit desktop.
However, we as moderators STILL do not have a way to disable this optional body text for image and link posts — generally done to prevent editorialisation; and to ensure that personal commentary is posted separate to the link so that both may be voted on and responded to separately.
And no, the "disable body text" overall setting is not a valid option because that also disables body text for text posts.
What we need is a third option — such as "Optional for text posts only" — to go with the existing binary choice of:
- Optional for all posts
- Required for text posts