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

[7rin]

IANTOP, but think a change could be written in to make the comment post as screened (probably by click through on to the "more options" page for those who use quick reply) initially, which would get around people tracking by email still getting the message in their inbox.

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.

[ninetydegrees]

Nice idea. If it worked like that, I would still like maintainers and owner to have the same control as they have now over these comments, though.

[ciaan]

I agree, if this were implemented it ought to include a "post comment as screened" option as well as the ability to screen/unscreen after posting.

[kyrielle]

I like this, it solves the email issue nicely.