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Tim Chevalier ([personal profile] tim) wrote in [site community profile] dw_suggestions2012-09-18 08:15 pm

Screen comment edits when comments are screened

Title:
Screen comment edits when comments are screened

Area:
comments

Summary:
Right now, if I set comments to screened-if-not-in-my-circles and I unscreen a comment, then the author edits a comment, the edit appears immediately without being screened.

Description:
I have screening enabled by default in my journal for comments from people not on my access list. Suppose "Alice", who's not on my access list, leaves a comment, and I unscreen it. If "Alice" edits the comment afterward, her edit appears immediately -- I don't have to unscreen the new edited version.

This is weird. When I saw this happening, fortunately the edit was just a typo fix. But in general, a commenter could abuse the editing feature to sneak in an edited version of the comment that the journal author wouldn't have unscreened.

I think when someone edits a comment in a context where screening is active, their edit should be like a new screened comment: that is, the old version should appear until the journal owner unscreens the edit (at which point the old version goes away).

Poll #11717 Screen comment edits when comments are screened
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 53


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Should be implemented as-is.
27 (50.9%)

Should be implemented with changes. (please comment)
9 (17.0%)

Shouldn't be implemented.
2 (3.8%)

(I have no opinion)
15 (28.3%)

(Other: please comment)
0 (0.0%)


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