> Restrict processing – in your admin panel where there’s a list of users, there should be a button “restrict processing”. The user settings page should also have that button. When clicked (after reading the appropriate information), it should mark the profile as restricted. That means it should no longer be visible to the backoffice staff, or publicly. You can implement that with a simple “restricted” flag in the users table and a few if-clasues here and there.
The simple hubris in this statement is jaw-dropping. “Just a flag and a few if clauses! Easy peasy!”
This article is one of the best I've seen for describing actual features that you need to build.
I agree that the specific language here is poorly chosen ("simple" and "a few if-clauses" are perilously close to the word "just") but I don't think that should detract from the enormous value the article itself provides.
The simple hubris in this statement is jaw-dropping. “Just a flag and a few if clauses! Easy peasy!”