On Comment Stealing

I wasn't always happy with Blogspot's prevention of comment editing, but I'm starting to see why this might actually be a positive idea.

I've seen Wordpress blog owners use and abuse their comment editing privileges. Some bloggers seem to think that it's okay to strip links from a comment on a whim. Well, it is not okay!

Stripping a comment from its link as a punishment of sorts, just because the expressed opinion is not isn your favor - it's childish and stupid. It's stealing. There is an unspoken arrangement, comments for links, and you're violating it.

If you don't like an opinion - don't publish the comment, it's as simple as that. Blogspot got it right.