How many comments on livejournal
I don't think I should be able to wipe out all the comments I've made on all the other journals here any more than I should be able to wipe out all the comments I've made with my openid on other sites. It drives me crazy enough that suspended members comments are hidden. I don't want deleted members to have that ability too.
Wow, I didn't not know that, thanks. Hold on, does this mean that if I get suspended all my comments in all the communities that I've ever written will become hidden? Maybe I should request to get suspended. It would be nice to wipe all traces of yourself with one button, but equally there's database strain and everything everyone has said above. I think ultimately I would say go by the policy of what someone else can find written by you, you can find too.
Think of what they'll use to find you, use it, delete what you find, and then don't worry so much about the rest? First, I'd guess that implementing this would be as conceptually problematic as the ability to "mass-delete all entries in my journal.
That's going to be a pretty ugly database issue right there. Caveats I'd want iff this were to be implemented and I really hope it isn't : 1. Absolutely a fee. Don't know if it should be sliding-scale or not depending on how many comments and entries would need to be deleted. That such deletion of comm entries and comments not occur until the journal in question is purged. Yes, that means you'll have to wait unless you want to go DIY. Mass-deletion just isn't a solution; people change their minds on LJ all the time, and comment undeletion isn't an option.
Though of course, with comment emails and the ability of computers to copy and paste and make screencaps, well, comments don't ever really die either. Finally, even assuming this got implemented with checks and balances for everything I mentioned above, as an archivist and completist at heart, I really can't support this.
And it also seems like LJ has the ability to do this, based on what they do to suspended member's comments. So I actually vote that this either be an option, or a paid service. Also, for your individual situation, have you thought about contacting LJ? Maybe they'd be willing to suspend you or something.
And yet most other times topics like this come up, there are fierce debates about how one person's content belongs solely to them entries, comments, etc. So, which is it, then? It's a collision of the two culture-values.
As for personal journals, you can always keep an email archive or something. Communities, well, So a maintainer might keep an e-mail archive as well. Personally I agree that as a blogger, I have mixed feelings about this feature, which is why on my non-LJ blog, I do not have the feature that allows users to delete their own comments installed. I mean, in the current situation, it just seems trivial for people to engineer their own suspension, by having a friend complain about them, and achieve the same result.
Log in No account? Create an account. Remember me. The Search tool, found in the upper-right hand corner on site schemed pages, is one way to find public entries and comments. In order to use this function, you will need to uncheck the "Search inclusion" option on the Privacy tab of the My Account Settings page. The "Adult content" option on the Display tab should be also unchecked.
For community entries, it will also display the username of the person who posted the entry. IOW, it would enable irreversible mistakes. Currently, you have to actually see which comment you're deleting when you delete it, which prevents most mistakes of this sort. If it can be reasonably implemented and doesn't cause resource or other technical problems, I don't think there are any other problems. Post a new comment Error Anonymous comments are disabled in this journal.
Your reply will be screened Your IP address will be recorded. Post a new comment. Anonymous users still would not have a subject line. The new comment structure was beta'd for one week by Russian users, the majority of whom did NOT like the updated look. The release went through anyway.
Save changes and you will have your comment page back to normal. You may have to do this more than once. ETA : astronewt says that this was a glitch caused by the rollout of Release However, you lose the ability to edit your comment once someone has replied to it. If your comment has been screened, you cannot edit it to fix it. Please post in this thread if you have had your automatic payment re-enabled.
ETA : astronewt says that LJ is unable to change the payment status of an account. Users are encouraged to contact the Livejournal billing department with any concerns.
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If you want to add back a preview button, soph created a Greasemonky script that adds one to the comment section: download it here! If you have a paid account, this feature comes with it!