A more nuanced unfreedom of speech

[sqbr]

I've had a bunch of comments recently which have been sincere and thought out and not entirely without merit, but I was really ambivalent about unscreening them since I felt they might be hurtful to some of my readers.

Thinking about it helped crystalize what I was going for from the beginning with this journal: I am not the thought police deciding what is and is not a Valid Statement. I'm just trying to make sure the content here doesn't have a hurtful effect. If a conversation will be hurtful held publically, then I shouldn't make it public, but that doesn't necessarily mean it's a Bad Conversation.

So: If you have something to say to me which is a sincere and thoughtful response to what I've said but you're worried it might go against the word or spirit of my comments policy, send it as a private message or email. If you want to discuss it with lots of people, make a post on your own journal and leave a comment with an explanation and link.

If you make a comment which I think deserves a reply but I'm not comfortable making public, I'll leave/make it screened and send you a private message.

Note that I may decide that I don't want to continue a conversation privately either: my spoons are very limited, and if it's hurtful to other people it may also be hurtful to me.

Comments

[softestbullet]

OMG, this is EXACTLY LIKE BIG BROTHER.

I mean, cool. Sounds like a good policy. I like your priorities. :)

[onceamy]

If you want to discuss it with lots of people, make a post on your own journal and leave a comment with an explanation and link.

Have you ever looked into pingbacks? They're a feature designed to make this sort of thing automatic.

[sqbr]

Thankyou, citizen. *watches*

[sqbr]

Does dreamwidth offer them though? I thought it was just lj.

[onceamy]

Ah, no. You got me there!

A quick search tells me that pingbacks/trackbacks are on the agenda for DW, and that they don't want to do them the same way LJ did.

[sqbr]

Huh, cool. Did you se they'll be offering searching soon? AND reading filters? *is excited*

[onceamy]

I did! Searching through paid communities is now possible for paid and free users, and paid accounts can search through all journals! \o/

*is also excited*

[sqbr]

Yeah, I tied myself up in knots there: I'm thinking of getting a paid account, which means I may get access to searching soon :)