Where did you read this? It would be stupid if you couldn't get rid of a comment (delete it). But ever since the random snark I got from a CBC employee back when my journal was public, I've always used the option to screen comments on public entries, so I don't think this should make too much of a difference. It would be important to be able to ban asshatters outright, but once they see their comments aren't posting, that's usually enough to make them go elsewhere.
And I use the openID feature to comment on friends blogs without opening an account with their service providers, so I think it is a useful option. Hopefully they will think this all through a little more and will work out the obvious flaws.
They know there's a lot of opposition to this feature, so it might be disabled in the meantime while they work out the kinks. Seriously LJ, "beta testing" is not a foreign concept to most IT companies...
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And I use the openID feature to comment on friends blogs without opening an account with their service providers, so I think it is a useful option. Hopefully they will think this all through a little more and will work out the obvious flaws.
They know there's a lot of opposition to this feature, so it might be disabled in the meantime while they work out the kinks. Seriously LJ, "beta testing" is not a foreign concept to most IT companies...
Update: Thank you for taking the time to offer your honest feedback. We understand and appreciate your desire for privacy. We share your concerns. Most of us would not want to publish our LiveJournal usernames or FO comments to Facebook or Twitter either (to the extent we even use them). Please give us a little time to address your concerns. We are listening, and we'll do our best to respond.