Showing posts with label Comment Is Free. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Comment Is Free. Show all posts

25.10.08

What's worse (or more interesting) than being 'moderated'

Nothing to be proud of (mind you, for the 'reasons', mostly not given, I am not so sure), but I get 'moderated' every so often.

Usually I take it with poor grace and move on.

However, I seem to have hit on a new phenomenon: 'Comment Erased'. As in didn't, doesn't and won't, at least as far as the publication goes, exist at all... ever.

It's bit like those photos of the Politburo on May Day, with some dude Tippexed out.

Look at the time and date above: Oct 24 08, 11.39am.

Now have a gander at the thread I posted on: Tories talking Britain down

Scroll down to: ABasu - Oct 24 08, 11:35am, and then to the next, EuropeanOnion
Oct 24 08, 11:47am

What seems to be missing? Now I know I was 'edge of topic', but the point was/is valid, and applied to this author.

Not exactly Comment Is Free, eh?

A harbinger of things to come, I wonder?

23.10.08

CiF cleaner

I had to ask this:

Here will have to do, as it's sort of relevant. All the more so reading above (at least I know the CiF ed. might read it).

I refer to this:

We should be told
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/oct/23/electoral-commission-chris-huhne

Apparently, For legal reasons, we regret this thread is not open for comments.

Why then is it posted on... 'Comment is Free'?

here:

How to be the perfect house guest

About this:

We should be told

For legal reasons, we regret this thread is not open for comments.

Gaurdian - Tories talking Britain down