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dw_suggestions2009-07-24 05:49 pm
Comment screening in another user's entry
Title:
Comment screening in another user's entry
Area:
entries, comments
Summary:
Ability to screen my own comment(s) in another user's entry in a personal journal and/or community.
Description:
Each user has the ability to delete his/her own comment in another user's entry. Only the entry poster can delete, screen and freeze comments made to their entry(ies).
If I wish to share personal information that I do not want others to view, what I can currently do is to delete the comment after posting it to ensure that only the entry poster can view it. Even if I were to ask the entry poster to screen my comment, s/he will only do so when s/he reads my comment.
My suggestion is to allow each user the ability to screen his/her own comment in another user's entry(ies) made in a personal journal/community, whether the entry/journal/community is public or restricted to that user's access list or community members. This way a user can share personal information with the entry poster that s/he does not wish for others to view.
Regarding communities, perhaps some users might feel hesitant to implement this in case it creates additional problems for maintainers/moderators in case of conflict between the entry poster and other members/users. However, I know that members/users with posting access already have the ability to delete, screen and freeze all comments made to their entries in a community. So I don't believe that it would cause additional problems if users have the ability to screen their own comments.
This suggestion:
Should be implemented as-is.
9 (23.7%)
Should be implemented with changes.
7 (18.4%)
Shouldn't be implemented.
22 (57.9%)
(Other: please comment)
0 (0.0%)
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Can you tell me what happens when you track an entry/a thread and someone screen their comment a posteriori? Do you get a notification? Is the content of the comment in the notification? I think you do and it is but I'm not sure.
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If the comments posts as screened (for example, OP is screening all replies), no notification will appear in a third party's inbox, and nothing will be emailed to them.
If it is screened after posting, then the actual comment will appear in the inbox until it's screened. After screening, the inbox displays a note that there's a screened comment, but it doesn't provide any other information - not even which journal or entry the screened comment is in.
If it's screened after posting, and the person tracking comments is having them emailed, then the full text of the comment will be emailed.
(Or at least that's been my experience. Correct me if the behavior I described is wrong/has changed.)
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That's what I thought. Thank you.
To the OP, I'm not against your idea per se but not for the reasons you mention.
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Personally, much as I loath people thinking that posting a comment then deleting (or in this case, screening) is anything other than public posting (subject to locked posts, filters, etc.), I actually like the idea of being able to screen my own comments (not that I can think of any I'd screen, off-hand). PMing isn't the same (for those that're gonna say it) 'cause then you lose the threading.
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