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How can I change a post from private to public?

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A long time ago I wrote a deeply personal post in public but grew increasingly insecure of it being exposed and changed it to private.

Now, much later, I’ve come to understand that in public form my story might help people in a similar situation.

How can I change it to public again? It says that that’s not allowed but this is strange. How can I request a feature to have this made possible? Or can a moderator help perhaps?

Poll: Should it be possible to make private posts public if they originally were public?

UPDATE: Thanks to administrator assistance my post has been restored. They explained, also, that due to privacy reasons my requested feature is unlikely to be implemented. I appreciate the quick and effective assistance, thank you. Case closed.
Andrew · Admin
@Jennifer
You should be able to Edit your Post's visibility after it has been already posted.

There is a small "✏️ Edit" link to the Top-Right corner of posts (in the post owner's view), which should allow you to alter the Privacy setting.






(Edit)

I may have read incorrectly (my apologies).

You want to make a currently Private post, Public.

I'll have to double check, but it's possible that you may not have the option to do that change.

The reason being, it can infringe on other user's privacy (their assumed privacy at the time of their commenting, when the post was still private).

You can submit ticket to us, and we can restore the post to Public for you.
Andrew · Admin
@Jennifer
You should have a new Notification which reads:
The SW Staff has opened a new Support Ticket with you. View your Ticket »

https://similarworlds.com/notifications
Jennifer · 46-50, F
@Andrew Indeed, thank you.
Andrew · Admin
@Jennifer
You're welcome.

Your post should be "Public" again now, as requested.
SW-User
You'd have to copy and paste it into a new post. You can't undo the private settings.
SW-User
@Jennifer I added the correct "@s" below.
Jennifer · 46-50, F
@SW-User Much appreciated!
SW-User
@Jennifer 👍🏻👍🏻
ReneeT · 61-69, M
Hi Jennifer. I wondered why I hadn't seen you on for awhile. Maybe that's why. I'm not sure how to correct it but I hope that someone can help with it.

 
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