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Looking at the discussion you started 2 years ago on the social media company's website [1], there were two objections raised: 1. users who think that deleting

by martey 14y ago

Looking at the discussion you started 2 years ago on the social media company's website [1], there were two objections raised: 1. users who think that deleting their comment will remove it are ill-served by your extension 2. your extension increases load on their servers Besides the obvious trademark violation of the domain you are using [2] (which might be why your extension was removed from the Chrome marketplace), you should be able to avoid objection #2 by refactoring your extension (you may have already done so, I did not spend time looking around in the Firefox extension source to find out). #1 is probably more insurmountable. It seems likely that if your side project becomes more popular, the way that deleted comments are implemented will change on the site for the worse, and functionality for all users would decrease. From a moral standpoint, you might want to stop working on this for that reason. [1]: http://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/etd52/lets_have_a_discussion_about_deleted_comments/ http://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/etd52/lets_have_... [2]: http://www.unedditreddit.com/ http://www.unedditreddit.com/

babs474 14y ago
Thanks for your thoughts martey. The reddit comment thread you are linking is indeed a bit old. Here is a more recent, really good discussion: http://www.reddit.com/r/TheoryOfReddit/comments/1ao3zf/should_uneditreddit_be_allowed_and_does_its/ http://www.reddit.com/r/TheoryOfReddit/comments/1ao3zf/shoul... (as an aside: I didn't mean to by too coy about what my extension was or that I'm talking about reddit, I just wasn't sure about the etiquette of trying to publicize something by name here) As for your points I have to disagree with both of them. 1. No users are ill served my extension. Somebody who posts something to the internet in a public forum and expect that they can delete that information whenever they want are ill-served by a system that perpetuates such an illusion. This often manifests itself as the Barbra Streisand effect. 2. My extension does not increase load on their servers. It does not interact with reddit servers in anyway. I can see why the old thread would lead you to believe that, but it is no longer the case. I understand this idea is somewhat controversial but it is not immoral or unethical, just different.

by martey 14y ago

babs474 14y ago

Thanks for your thoughts martey. The reddit comment thread you are linking is indeed a bit old. Here is a more recent, really good discussion: http://www.reddit.com/r/TheoryOfReddit/comments/1ao3zf/should_uneditreddit_be_allowed_and_does_its/ http://www.reddit.com/r/TheoryOfReddit/comments/1ao3zf/shoul... (as an aside: I didn't mean to by too coy about what my extension was or that I'm talking about reddit, I just wasn't sure about the etiquette of trying to publicize something by name here) As for your points I have to disagree with both of them. 1. No users are ill served my extension. Somebody who posts something to the internet in a public forum and expect that they can delete that information whenever they want are ill-served by a system that perpetuates such an illusion. This often manifests itself as the Barbra Streisand effect. 2. My extension does not increase load on their servers. It does not interact with reddit servers in anyway. I can see why the old thread would lead you to believe that, but it is no longer the case. I understand this idea is somewhat controversial but it is not immoral or unethical, just different.