Comment screening in another user's entry

[elizabeth_rice]

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.

Poll #873

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 38

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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%)

Comments

[ciaan]

That sense of private communication is just as false (or rather dependent on trust) when comments are screened automatically by the OP, because the OP can still unscreen those.

(Though I agree that I wouldn't want people to be able to comment in my posts with me not having any ability to easily show others what they said, if they were trolls or whatnot.)

[zvi]

That sense of private communication is just as false (or rather dependent on trust) when comments are screened automatically by the OP, because the OP can still unscreen those.

Yeah, I think people who trust to screening for private communication are being foolish. I don't think we should make it easier for them to behave foolishly.

[cesy]

Putting your total trust in anything like screening for private communication may be foolish, in the same way as locked posts are only secure if the people viewing them are trustworthy, but there are still times when screening can be useful.