Posted by Dinah on November 24, 2009, at 16:51:17
In reply to Re: editing posts after submission, posted by muffled on November 24, 2009, at 15:23:20
It's possible I'm paranoid.
But I also think it's shocking that a site administrator would suggest that someone can be uncivil as long as they pretend they never were. I think the very idea is shocking.
I also have been here long enough to see Babble not as a small group of posters who all like each other and want the best for each other. People find Babble by Google, not by referral. Or they did at any rate. At times, it has been far less than a Utopian society. Maybe Babble has changed into a small intimate group where that sort of thing would never be an issue. But if it has, why would anyone need to retcon their remarks?
I'm not imagining this use of editing from among a host of totally innocuous uses. It's how Dr. Bob presented it to us on this go around. As a way for people to avoid the consequences of being uncivil. I find that shocking. If no one on earth ever used the function, I still find it shocking.
He calls it something else. Retracting their remarks? Again, retracting to me does not require pretending they were never made. He should call it what it is.
And I NEVER liked the idea of disappearing posts or changing them. Never ever ever. Because it would make me insane. Maybe that's because I am insane.
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