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Would You Ever Remove a Post Because Someone Asked you to?
Posted by XanthePat • 8/11/08 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: post deletion
Would you delete your post?
Would you delete a post if someone found the content offensive?
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Boils down to one's personal ethics. At this day and age, its like everyone gets offended by something or the other. It's up to the blogger to decide if he/she has crossed the line. -
If I truly hurt someone, yes.
But I do try to be mindful in advance of what's appropriate and what isn't.
My blogs are not one's created for controversy, but for general fun. (I think it's possible to actually be funny and NOT controversial.)
So, I don't expect this would present a problem. -
I removed the post. But it still shows up in google.
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Nope, if you don't like something I wrote don't read it. -
It depends on whether or not the post had anything particular to do with that person. For instance, I wrote a post some time back called "My Mom Sucks". Obviously, it wasn't actually a negative post, but it was directly about my mother and if she'd been uncomfortable with it I would have removed it. Most of my posts, though, are about writing, social issues, religion, law, etc. Since those aren't particular to individuals, I can't think of a circumstance in which I would remove one just because it bothered someone. Many of them do. -
It depends, but most likely not. I do not go out of my way to offend people, but sometimes I have to make a choice between being honest and risking offense. Truth usually wins out, but sometimes a truth cannot be padded in such a way to avoid pricking someone.
I don't think "if you don't like something I wrote don't read it" works because by the time a person becomes offended, he's already read it! Being diplomatic enough to spare everyone's feelings, however, is not always possible.
Now, if I posted something hot and juicy in a Virgins 4Evar! discussion or site, I might consider moving it... -
i wouldn't write offesive content-
Just because you don't write offensive content doesn't mean someone cannot take offense at it!
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Take a look at that panda and tell me you can get offended by him.
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Well, he's inoffensive enough to look at...but what does he have to say for himself?
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The post in question was about a dead writer and a dead artist. I researched the article from 3 differnt sources and then posted.
I then started to get mails from the dead writers kind of fan club telling me I had all of my facts wrong etc.
So I just deleted it.
It wasnt really offensive.
The fan club just didn't want the writer associated with the artist in my post, even though it stated in all 3 articles that they had been freinds.-
Xan, I think that's a bit of a different circumstance. I think that in your shoes I would have dug deeper and done more research, but removing the post made sense as well. I've done some writing about celebrities, and one of the things I've discovered is that there is a lot of misinformation out there that's carried over from source to source. You may find something in three (or five, or ten) different apparently credible sources, but when you dig deep enough you find that they all originate with the same erroneous source. That's not to say that your information WAS wrong--just that it's easier than you think to find multiple sources for something that turns out to have no basis in reality.
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Madame X
Thanks, Im glad you think I did the right thing. I didnt want to stamp all over this dead writers memory.
But I have read some things on peoples blogs that could be deemed offensive and I just wondered how they cope with the backlash? -
If the post was in some way illegal, then yes it should be removed, but if it is simply your point of view that someone disagrees with, then no way, if someone doesn't like what I post then they are quite welcome not to read it!
I do not think anyone should be bullied into censorship, there should be no backlash for what you had blogged about.-
well said! different people from different walks of life will have different perspectives about everything and anything.
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i've recently had a post which offended a couple of my regular readers. it was a personal post to me, though i admit that i may not have approached the tone of the post very well. they took offense on a personal level, which was not my intention at all (i just wanted to blog about it for cathartic reasons). they initially lambasted me in the comments and expected me to edit it. i apologised to them, that they were offended by my post and i added a couple of phrases to make sure the post wasn't misunderstood. one of them wasn't exactly satisfied with my edit and basically started a pretty big fight and now we're not friends anymore...
i regret to some extent that it happened, but by that happening i discovered that the so-called friend has been very judgemental of me through events which occured after this incident.
i don't think i will edit my post if people are offended. i do not set out to offend anybody when i blog, though i would apologise if they are. -
Probably not. Having said that, the only posts people have objected to on my blogs have been political in nature, and the objectors weren't regular readers. I feel this comes down to a difference of opinion rather than any actual offence to a specific person. In your situation I would have considered removal, or at least editing. -
@sulz.Im sorry that you lost your friend over your post.
I know that everyone has differnt perspectives on events.
Its what makes the world such an interesting place.
Has anyone ever been sued for writing their opinion on a personal blog?-
thanks, but there is always a silver lining in this cloud. my conscience is clear.
back to the topic, i think unless a post about you was written, there isn't much reason to be offended. you can be 'offended' in a general sense (like if you read a post with one too many swear words in it), but many people take offense in a very personal manner on what shouldn't be taken as personal.
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Nope, never. -
I was forced to remove two when I started out because it was either that or expulsion. However, I'm out of high school now, so never again will I delete anything.-
Yes google has screwed the students! If your teacher wants to know about you, they'll find it for sure. -
No, the other students who found out about my site screwed me. It also didn't help that I called two of the faculty Nazis (rightfully, I might add) in the timespan in which every other student thought I was going to shoot the place up (to this day I don't know what prompted THAT rumor).
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HELL NO, NEVER!!!!
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What DOUGGOFFdotCOM said. -
Hell NO to the second power !!!!!
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I am glad to hear you guys are going to standby your every word.
Starting to feel like a bit of a weak link.
Do you ever get nasty mails from people? -
For me personally, I think it comes down to what kind of post it is, and if you (general you) are writing an opinion blog or presenting it as a research/factual blog.
If it's an opinion blog, and an opinion post and someone was offended, I say too bad. (With the possible exception of the offended party being a friend or relative who was actually harmed emotionally by it).
If you have presented facts as facts, and got them wrong, then I can see removing it. All media sources do this, or correct their mistakes after it has been printed/aired. Lest you face charges of libel.
But if the facts are correct, ad people don't like it - well, too bad for t hem, you can't change the truth
With regards to your situation, I think that unless the fan group decided to campaign to have all fallacious material removed from every media source, then I probably would not have removed it, unless the exchange was very cordial or my post was very, very wrong.
But I don't bend well to "fan groups" and I am mean. So there you have it -
If it was about them and identified them in any way, I probably wouldn't have put it up with to start. But if I did and they asked me, then yes.
Otherwise, probably not. -
No. I have a "write" to post what I want on my blog. A newspaper, website, or a magazine may offend me. I don't ask that it be burned, tighten it's editorial policy or cease operations. Being offended is a luxury of free speech rights and responsibilities. -
The author of the mails told me he was campaigning to have all the sources deleted, one was a journalist from a very god British newspaper called The Independent, and he was being asked to remove his article. The second was wikipeidia. The third was never mentioned
He did email me back to tell me that wikipeidia had agreed to edit their information.
I have been back to check, and they have since edited.
The people in the post are now both dead.
Its was implied that the artist who out lived the author was kind of cashing in on their history.As the artist was the lesser known of the two, and it was he who had told the story of their relationship.
This post was about a well known author and I think he has some pretty heavy fans in his club.-
It sounds like they are trying to remove some libelous material - in which case, I think it's OK to have removed - or at least edited your post.
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It depends, if you're offended because you disagree with what I say, that's your problem.
On the other hand, in my latest post I mentioned a friend with a drinking problem. I doubt he's going to read it, and I give almost no details, so that no one would recognize him in the story, including, most likely, himself. If, however, I got a call from him and he said that he read it and recognized himself and was hurt, I would take that part out. -
Mine would only be offensive if you picked it up in the wrong context, so no. -
In most cases, never. But there would always be an exception. -
Probably not, I can't think of a reason I would but never say never.
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I never remove it... controversy creates traffic. -
I've deleted (actually only made private) a post before by request, but only after the person I wrote the post about about took down the disgusting post he wrote which is what I had written about.
His post was offensive and and the only reason I found it is because the guy was a wordpress orgforum moderator and I had asked a question at the forum and he sent me an email asking to exchange links or something like that.
I went to his blog and he had an horrific post. I wrote about it the wordpress peole freaked out - he got removed from the forums, took down his post wrote a long ass post about how I was a bitch blah blah blah then some time later he wrote me this long ass letter saying how he had changed his ways blah blah blah. He took down his disgusting post and I made private my post.
Otherwise no I wouldn't remove a post because it offended someone, but that is because I write my opinion and ideas I don't write slanderous untruths about people. If something I wrote was found to be untrue I would certainly amend it.-
Wow, now I wanna know what he wrote
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I went to his site and he was a real asshole. If he had looked through my blog and had any sense he would have not bothered to ask for a link.He had taken pictures of women off some site where they posted their pictures like my yahoo or something, and he had them on his site pictures names etc and had a whole post on of who was fuckable, who was fuckable if you closed your eyes ...you get the picture. The language was horrible and I felt awful for those girls - even if they never saw his site.
(not to mention the dude was at least 25 or older so obviously he was defective in some way)
The funny thing was the wp hoopla was about the fact he contacted someone from the boards - that is a big no no - ( that really was the least of my problem you can always ignore people) - they could have cared less that his site was a trashy peace of shit where he was taken pictures of women without their permission and rating them and asking his readers to do the same.
He was really an ignorant ass, but I hated to see women's picture on their like that, how cruel - I wanted them down, otherwise I would not have bothered writing the post on him.
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Depends on the circumstances.. -
I write false story on one blogger blog. It's kinda nonsense, homor type,
Like sueing google, myspace etc. Paris hilton etc
People commented me saying good idea than offensive -
I play with offensive words everyday. I said the S-word and people smiled. I said the F-word and people laughed. I said the more horrible words and people asked "are you okay?' oh... I love my readers. -
Never. Blogging is about expressing yourself. I've found that people find reasons to get offended in today's society. Why suppress my voice for the sake of a few individuals? -
I have had someone ask me to change a review of a book, and I didn't.
If someone gave me a good reason for the offense that was relevant, I might. Inadvertently saying something hateful is generally not a good thing. However, I would have to have a reason. -
You have received a lot of useful advice. It sounds like an unfortunate situation that you are trying to learn from. Keep blogging and stay true to your voice. -
nope, asked them why?
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It would depend on why they asked me to remove the post. If they're "being offended" about something they just don't happen to like or an opinion they don't agree with, then no. People who say "I'm offended" are usually doing that as a means of stiffling debate. If they have a point to make that differs from mine, that's what the comments are for.
If I'd made errors or was basing my post on sources that turned out to be wrong, I might first look and see if I could correct them. If the whole thing just turned out to be too broke to fix, I might delete it rather than get into long arguments.
TF
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