May 3, 2000
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Are there any publishing ethics or guidelines for weblogs? The reason I ask is because I always feel a bit guilty going back and editing a previous post rather than just leaving it alone. I tend to revisit stuff when a sentence doesn’t read right in context with others, or something I wrote just sounded lame. Sometimes I go back to post a week or two later. Am I allowed to be this anal retentive? Should we let sleeping posts lie? I can justify editing links contained in posts because sometimes shit happens and pages, or entire sites for that matter, cease to exist. It’s a public service to keep links functioning, right? But what about the published content? Should factual or grammatical errors be corrected, or followed up in a subsequent post like a newspaper retraction notice? I did find these tips for new bloggers from whim & vinegar, but they don’t really cover what I’m talking about. Anyone care to discuss this?
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