Disemvowelling Button for abusive comments

[lauredhel]

Title:
Disemvowelling Button for abusive comments

Area:
Comments

Summary:
A button on comments one's own journal and on communities you moderate that allow one to remove all vowels from the comment (with a note that it's been done).

Description:
Common on other blogs is the technique of disemvowelling abusive comments. This retains the public record and maintains transparency, while frustrating the commenter's attempt to expose others to their abuse or hate speech, and sending the message that their actions are unwelcome and won't be tolerated.

It would be great to be able to disemvowel abusive comments on one's own journal, or on a community while wearing a mod hat.

Poll #2496 Disemvowelling Button for abusive comments

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Should be implemented as-is.
35 (36.8%)

Should be implemented with changes. (please comment)
10 (10.5%)

Shouldn't be implemented.
38 (40.0%)

(I have no opinion)
12 (12.6%)

(Other: please comment)
0 (0.0%)

Comments

[elf]

Oooh, I *like* that. Often better than screening offensive comments, because it doesn't put holes in the conversation, and they can figure out the gist of what was said, but it loses its emotional impact.

It probably also needs to lock the comment against editing, even if it hasn't been replied to.

It would have the side-effect of increasing occasional wank and accusations to the abuse team of "censorship!" (The abuse team would have to say, "it's her journal; she can delete, screen or disemvowel at will; if you don't like it, don't comment there." But the team should definitely be braced for extra screaming, especially during metafannish multi-journal controversial discussions.)

[denise]

It probably also needs to lock the comment against editing, even if it hasn't been replied to.

If you mean "so the poster doesn't just re-emvowel", it wouldn't be necessary -- the disemvoweling would be done at the point of display, not on the stored copy, so no matter what the comment contained it would be shown without vowels.

[elf]

Oooh, shiny. Hadn't realized it'd be a display feature rather than an actual edit of the content.