May 28, 2008
I. Am. An. Idiot.
I'm very sorry if you left a comment or replied to a comment I left you and it's missing.
You see, I deleted a bunch.
The deletions were not malicious or in a fit of temper or anything else; I was simply not in "Profy" mode, must have thought that I was in my email (since I use Gmail nearly exclusively, a delete is never a real delete unless I'm in my Junk or Trash tags), and just hit delete several times over until I realized what I had done. A few emails back and forth with our CTO here at Profy later, I discovered that the comments were really, most sincerely, deleted.
It really shouldn't be that big a deal, right? After all, it wasn't like I deleted TONS of them; it was only a few. But as I discovered during the process of writing an article about comments and intellectual property definitions on the web, I realized that as Netizens, we are very attached to our comments and posts. I love going back in time on my personal blog to see what I was thinking 5 and 6 years ago; when life was different. I also like going back and reading the comment threads. I don't think (aside from spammers) that we take the time to leave comments on something unless we truly care about the subject and the conversation. It may be merely vanity, but I LIKE knowing what people are saying about something that I've written. Does it provoke a new line of thinking in someone? Do people think I don't have a clue in the world? Humans are communal creatures, and we want to know that our thoughts have value, whether it's receiving comments on a blog piece or replies to comments that we've left for an author. Beyond the idea of physical ownership of those comments is the emotional attachment.
You see, I deleted a bunch.
The deletions were not malicious or in a fit of temper or anything else; I was simply not in "Profy" mode, must have thought that I was in my email (since I use Gmail nearly exclusively, a delete is never a real delete unless I'm in my Junk or Trash tags), and just hit delete several times over until I realized what I had done. A few emails back and forth with our CTO here at Profy later, I discovered that the comments were really, most sincerely, deleted.
It really shouldn't be that big a deal, right? After all, it wasn't like I deleted TONS of them; it was only a few. But as I discovered during the process of writing an article about comments and intellectual property definitions on the web, I realized that as Netizens, we are very attached to our comments and posts. I love going back in time on my personal blog to see what I was thinking 5 and 6 years ago; when life was different. I also like going back and reading the comment threads. I don't think (aside from spammers) that we take the time to leave comments on something unless we truly care about the subject and the conversation. It may be merely vanity, but I LIKE knowing what people are saying about something that I've written. Does it provoke a new line of thinking in someone? Do people think I don't have a clue in the world? Humans are communal creatures, and we want to know that our thoughts have value, whether it's receiving comments on a blog piece or replies to comments that we've left for an author. Beyond the idea of physical ownership of those comments is the emotional attachment.
Posted by Cyndy Aleo-Carreira at 09:53
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That totally wouldn't happen! I'm bummed that I've just had no time for EA lately! Between work and stuff with the kids (end of year for dance, beginning of soccer, ongoing karate, cello, Brownies..), I feel like I have no time to just "play" online! Get everyone else at EA to come on over here!
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