I edited the image into the comment box, predicting that the reason you didn’t was because you didn’t know you could (using markdown). Apologies if you prefer it not to be here (and can edit it back if so)
In this case it seems fine to add the image, but I feel disconcerted that mods have the ability to edit my posts.
I guess it makes sense that the LessWrong team would have the technical ability to do that. But editing a users post, without their specifically asking, feels like a pretty big breach of… not exactly trust, but something like that. It means I don’t have fundamental control over what is written under my name.
That is to say, I personally request that you never edit my posts, without asking (which you did, in this case) and waiting for my response. I furthermore, I think that should be a universal policy on LessWrong, though maybe this is just an idiosyncratic neurosis of mine.
A fairly common mod practice has been to fix typos and stuff in a sort of “move first and then ask if it was okay” thing. (I’m not confident this is the best policy, but it saves time/friction, and meanwhile I don’t think anyone had had an issue with it). But, your preference definitely makes sense and if others felt the same I’d reconsider the overall policy.
(It’s also the case that adding an image is a bit of a larger change than the usual typo fixing, and may have been more of an overstep of bounds)
In any case I definitely won’t edit your stuff again without express permission.
I furthermore, I think that should be a universal policy on LessWrong, though maybe this is just an idiosyncratic neurosis of mine.
If it’s not just you, it’s at least pretty rare. I’ve seen the mods “helpfully” edit posts several times (without asking first) and this is the first time I’ve seen anyone complain about it.
I knew that I could, and didn’t, because it didn’t seem worth it. (Thinking that I still have to upload it to a third party photo repository and link to it. It’s easier than that now?)
New (image) post: My strategic picture of the work that needs to be done
I edited the image into the comment box, predicting that the reason you didn’t was because you didn’t know you could (using markdown). Apologies if you prefer it not to be here (and can edit it back if so)
In this case it seems fine to add the image, but I feel disconcerted that mods have the ability to edit my posts.
I guess it makes sense that the LessWrong team would have the technical ability to do that. But editing a users post, without their specifically asking, feels like a pretty big breach of… not exactly trust, but something like that. It means I don’t have fundamental control over what is written under my name.
That is to say, I personally request that you never edit my posts, without asking (which you did, in this case) and waiting for my response. I furthermore, I think that should be a universal policy on LessWrong, though maybe this is just an idiosyncratic neurosis of mine.
Understood, and apologies.
A fairly common mod practice has been to fix typos and stuff in a sort of “move first and then ask if it was okay” thing. (I’m not confident this is the best policy, but it saves time/friction, and meanwhile I don’t think anyone had had an issue with it). But, your preference definitely makes sense and if others felt the same I’d reconsider the overall policy.
(It’s also the case that adding an image is a bit of a larger change than the usual typo fixing, and may have been more of an overstep of bounds)
In any case I definitely won’t edit your stuff again without express permission.
Cool.
: )
If it’s not just you, it’s at least pretty rare. I’ve seen the mods “helpfully” edit posts several times (without asking first) and this is the first time I’ve seen anyone complain about it.
I knew that I could, and didn’t, because it didn’t seem worth it. (Thinking that I still have to upload it to a third party photo repository and link to it. It’s easier than that now?)
In this case your blog already counted as a third party repository.