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What happened to anonymous
Has the news finally did away with the choice to post anonymous. I hope that they did. I just noticed that the post anonymous section was gone. Next I hope they take away the ability to delete a comment.
18 comments from 12 users
posted by
Colitas
on Sep 19, 2007 at 12:53 PM
Wow, didn't notice that either. I do think that you should be able to delete your own comment but no one else should be able to.
posted by
GregL
on Sep 19, 2007 at 01:26 PM
Dannnnng! Now I can't leave any more nasty, backhanded, inapproriate comments!Spam text: "CIAKK" Wow. posted by
editor
on Sep 19, 2007 at 01:47 PM
We're a little surprised that it took this long for bloggers to notice that the anonymous posting feature is gone. We removed the feature after many, many requests from site users.
It is our hope that users enjoy the format change. posted by
countygirl
on Sep 19, 2007 at 02:01 PM
How long has this been in effect? I just responded to an anonymous blogger yesterday.
posted by
samheath
on Sep 19, 2007 at 02:01 PM
While I noticed it and am grateful for the change, I was reluctant to mention it lest it proved too good to be true and I would have to recant any expression of gratitude.
posted by
editor
on Sep 19, 2007 at 02:06 PM
The change was made yesterday in the late afternoon. But given that you all are so observant we expected a blog on it when we got to work this morning.
posted by
GregL
on Sep 19, 2007 at 02:08 PM
Hallelujah! It looks like it is real! Editor, the reason it took this long for us to notice is that most of us don't post anonymously so we're never looking for the anonymous button!
posted by
oohchild
on Sep 19, 2007 at 02:21 PM
[oohchild claps hands] Way to go, editor! Thanks! posted by
jimr
on Sep 19, 2007 at 03:45 PM
Congrats, TN. It's about time you listened to the majority of us and did away with the "anonymous" ability. Now, we will have either people with their real names (like me) or at least a handle so we can see and count their posts. Next, please eliminate the ability for Deletion. People will just have to learn to THINK before they post. If they later think better of what they said...it should just be too bad for them. That's like a lawyer deliberately saying something inflammatory in front of a jury and the judge admonishing the jury to "strike that remark from the record and the jury is to ignore it." It's called a "Legal Ploy". YOU CAN'T UN-RING A BELL!! Jim Richards posted by
olivia
on Sep 19, 2007 at 04:28 PM
Mr. Anonymous was a little out of control at times. I think that some of these guys are basically using their blogs and anonymous as shock value. Trying to get a rise out of people. C'mon, you have to admit, sometimes its easy to do ; ) posted by
peacetoyou
on Sep 19, 2007 at 04:28 PM
I hope they didn't take it off. I know sometimes "Anonomyous" was just someone being a smatra**, but other times it seemed as if someone had something to say, but because of (maybe) their job they didn't want to use their name. That's just my opinion.
posted by
GregL
on Sep 19, 2007 at 05:17 PM
That's an idea to think about Jim. The blog discussions read as a thread, and when someone deletes or edits a previous comment it can make the following comments confusing and it disrupts the flow. And I agree, people should THINK before they hit the Enter button! And if they said something they wish they hadn't, they can always post an apology.
posted by
countygirl
on Sep 19, 2007 at 05:23 PM
I think people don't get that you'll always be able to "delete" your own comments if you wanted. It doesn't matter if they get rid of the delete button or not.
posted by
madkow2747
on Sep 19, 2007 at 05:35 PM
I had to delete one of my comments when I realized that I had replied to a comment on what was the first of three pages of comments. When I went to the last page, my comment was totally irrelevant, so I had to delete it. It's handy for mistakes like that.
posted by
teresr
on Sep 19, 2007 at 06:45 PM
Thank heavans the Mr. Anonymouse is gone. Great day in the mornin'!
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