(This is a kudos. Keep reading.) I was pretty annoyed at the Cuts Blog when I made comments and they took them down. I don’t know if they got held for moderation, and then put back, or what happened. It appeared as though they were live, then they were removed. It also appeared as though there were other comments that were removed. That’s my perception, and I may have been wrong. I don’t know. Regardless, I did blog about it, and those pingbacks were not are now live on the Cuts Blog.
I’m writing today because I noticed that they put the comments I made back up. It also appears that they may have revised or expounded on their post a little more. I’m trying to be open about when I criticize and also trying to be open about when it becomes affective. Cuts put my comments back up. Kudos!
However, I have since made some other posts on my own blog here. I realized that I don’t want to get into a tizzy about criticizing things. I know that blogs can be used as weapons. I’ve been there before, and I ain’t goin’ back. So, I removed some of my critical posts, and I noted that. So, when some of the pingbacks on my Cut’s comments go to a page not found, that is why.
Cuts, thank you for getting those comments back up. I do want your business to do well, and I also want to keep encouraging open, honest, helpful communication – and I particularly like that via blogging, but we’ll see where other technologies also help us, as we all grow, and learn and deal with change.
UPDATE: Lucinda Holt, from Cuts commented and clarified more, both on my post, and also on her post. That’s good conversation, and I think an honest mistake about moderation of comments. Hey, as I said in my comment, I need to keep trying to learn to understand first, before being understood.
Filed under: Blogging, Leadership, Listening, Perspective, Rants
hi toby -
first, sorry for the confusion on our blog. i wrote the post you commented on, but didn’t get your comment until today. i’ll post there but wanted to comment here too. i’m new to the whole blogging thing (writing, not reading), so pardon any missteps of protocol.
anyway, i wanted to respond. i am not a lawyer either, but i have the dubious distinction of having spent an extraordinary amount of money in the last year or so on lawyers delving deeply into the questions that you raise. you are correct that the rights transferred are specific, and your comment pointed out a careless use of language in my original post. when i said “consume in any way i want” i meant within the parameters of those rights. one of the critical elements of our service is, for example, that we don’t make a copy of the dvd. doing so would be in violation of the dmca. but i do have the right to use my fast-forward button. all we do in cuts is automate functions that are already there – we extend the uses that have been transferred to the customer. so, as i said, there isn’t a legal question.
thanks for commenting!
Lucinda, thank you for clarifying. I understand being new, and I don’t think there is a “protocol” as such. It was just really odd and alienating to see what happened as I described. Your clarification helps me see your perspective better.
Maybe the next time I comment on something like I did with your post, I’ll seek more to understand your view, rather than trying to have others understand my point. I’m learning too.