It must drive feed subscribers nuts when I delete posts, which I do quite often. Apparently the content is still out there for a while (12 hours?), even if I thought I’d disappeared it. And if you try to find it later, you get a 404 error!
But it is a shame that comments disappear with the posts. A new visitor to FarrFeed had said some truthful things that deserved a longer life than just a couple of hours, and I regret that. These things happen because no one should ever blog when insane, yet so many people do. Go figure.
Comment by Chris B
1 April 15, 2008, 5:01 pm o'clock |
It is frustrating to have my insightful comments deleted. :o) Glad you’re feeling better.
Comment by John H. Farr
2 April 15, 2008, 5:22 pm o'clock |
Well, CB, I was just about to say something about that, so I guess I will!
Comment by Ceeinbc
3 April 15, 2008, 5:58 pm o'clock |
I also have my feed set up to show all rewrites (unchanged text in black, discarded text in strike-through red, added/new text in green). A colourful dichotomy illustrative of the writing & editing process.
Comment by John H. Farr
4 April 15, 2008, 6:30 pm o'clock |
Do you use Feedburner? I suppose I could get off my metaphorical ass and go see. Don’t know if they do that, anyway, or do you manually format it in that fashion?
But I don’t think I want to do that. Why should anybody get to see how bad I was?
I’d rather they find diamonds than manure. There is something to what you say, in that it shows the evolution of thought. Growth is cool. But in my case, it isn’t just bad writing I want to dispose of, but the product of possession, if that makes sense to you. A few of these posts rise to the level of art and are allowed to stay, but most are disposable, and ALL are embarrassing.
It’s hard enough being ancient and having the ambition of a someone half my age, not to mention that I’m locked into this, so I prune. Whackety-whack. Chop.
Comment by K.J. Webb
5 April 15, 2008, 6:34 pm o'clock |
I like the non-edited Farr in all his uncensored grandeur. It always seems like a sacrifice to the gods of propriety when one of those really rip-snorting passages gets immolated. Let Farr be Farr! Save Farr from Farr!
Comment by John H. Farr
6 April 15, 2008, 7:32 pm o'clock |
I appreciate that, but there is a BIG difference between “really rip-snorting passages” and pathology. Believe me, propriety has nothing to do with it.
Comment by Ceeinbc
7 April 15, 2008, 7:55 pm o'clock |
I use NetNewsWire, though I note it shows Feedburner within the URL in the status bar. In Preferences, under General Reading, I chose “Highlight differences” for any updated items, so no formatting on my part. It’s proven, more often than not with your blog, to be a rather fascinating, sometimes humorous process, though not so much with various news sites — where one finds the most frequently updated material.