morsus mihi's Blogtag:www.talkingpointsmemo.com,2008:/talk/blogs/morsus_mihi//18422008-06-10T00:22:58ZMovable Type Pro 4.21-entpm pravdatag:tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com,2008:/talk//17.1994912008-06-10T00:22:58Z2008-06-10T00:22:58Z(this post was submitted for the tpmc record. it's not intended nor offered for recommendation; advance apologies for any failure to respond)briefly: steve clemons posted a piece titled "Obama's Economic Soul?." in sequence: a) i commented, b) clemons revised my...morsus mihi briefly: steve clemons posted a piece titled "Obama's Economic Soul?."
in sequence: a) i commented, b) clemons revised my comment, c) i replied by questioning the previously unknown (to me) ability of tpmc authors to "edit/censor/redact" user comments, d) clemons sent 2 emails to my registered tpmc email account confirming his revision, admitting discomfort with -- presumably -- a passage in my original response which he subsequently deleted, expressing his intent to restore the response in its original form, e) the entire topic/post was removed, f) the topic/post was restored with all user commentary intact.
i had reasons to post the discomfiting passage (based on prior content) which are irrelevant here and now.
clemons is not the point.
more pointedly with respect to rights and interests of any tpmc user: are all tpmc authors allowed to edit user comments? are tpmc authors permitted to edit user comments that otherwise comply with tpm terms of use? why was this privilege granted to non-tpm staff absent any (obvious) safeguards for potential author abuse? how often is this privilege invoked and why aren't redacted comments flagged to apprise users that their content/comment was edited?