Are you seriously saying that people shouldn't be able to edit critical messages from their Facebook page? Of course they should; it's their personal page. I'm forever removing things from my Facebook page (mostly people inviting me to play silly games to be fair). But all my sympathies are with Sarah Palin here; a sentence I thought I would never write.
It different from people editing things they've said and then removing them in restrospect. No matter what you think (and I have to say I'm not convinced that it's reasonable to "blame" SP and her supporters for this shooting) the principle is that you own your own page and select what is published there.
the principle is that you own your own page and select what is published there
Agreed, as with LJ. She's most likely not deleting the comments herself but hiring an aide to do it.
I have no problem with people moderating their own internet space, although she also uses Facebook as a campaigning space which brings an extra responsibility. She's a public figure, so if she allows people in she ought to be able to show she's strong enough to let people express dissent or disagreement without fear of censorship, and that includes those who visit her page to condemn her frequently violent rhetoric. Not everyone who disagrees, or points out something factual yet unpleasant, is a troll.
Or maybe she just wants to be surrounded only by those who do agree with her, and we know where that can lead. I think with Palin image means everything and substance nothing.
Edit: I would add, of course, yes if it's personal abuse and directed to her or her family, of course delete it.
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Agreed, as with LJ. She's most likely not deleting the comments herself but hiring an aide to do it.
I have no problem with people moderating their own internet space, although she also uses Facebook as a campaigning space which brings an extra responsibility. She's a public figure, so if she allows people in she ought to be able to show she's strong enough to let people express dissent or disagreement without fear of censorship, and that includes those who visit her page to condemn her frequently violent rhetoric. Not everyone who disagrees, or points out something factual yet unpleasant, is a troll.
Or maybe she just wants to be surrounded only by those who do agree with her, and we know where that can lead. I think with Palin image means everything and substance nothing.
Edit: I would add, of course, yes if it's personal abuse and directed to her or her family, of course delete it.
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