A New Leash on Life
Yep, “leash.”
Tonight in my usual hijinx, I posted something smarmy. It was one of those times where maybe my humor was too edgy. I was teasing a friend, but maybe it was too much. When I couldn’t be sure of my friend’s reaction to the post, I changed it.
It was then, I noticed The Invisible Leash. Good thing I saw this on an edit to my own post, and it wasn’t something occurring on a post belonging to a third party. Like that of an enemy.
I stared at this tiny little line in my own edited post, as the import sunk in:
“Last edited by Brian Coltrane on Wed Nov 08, 2006 8:19 pm; edited 1 time in total ”
Alas! No more, can I indulge in my schemes. Everything I touch now leaves a neon fingerprint that anyone can see. I’m effectively on a leash. Curtailed. Nullified. Oh, I can still do something, but there’s no point as I have no ability to get away with it.
Granted, this probably beats getting my moderator-ness revoked. And the community I serve ( if you can call it serve) deserves to carry on with itself, without my merry meddling.
Small mischiefs for sport are a part of my mentality. I can’t help it. But there won’t be any more such shenanigans. No more wicked little self-amusements at the expense of another user, no matter how much that user irritates the @#$% out of me on general principal.
I ain’t gonna be quick to make legit edits or deletions, either. I saw a duplicate post tonight, and I was gonna remove it, but then I’m like, “Do I want my fingerprints on this?” Hell no. It would take only two or three such neon fingerprints to have people think I’m a jackass. Awright, I am a jackass, but I prefer it being less obvious.
I respect the decision of my peers, though. Besides, I don’t own that shop. I’m just the janitor – I look for trash and get rid of it.
In the end, I can’t argue the value of having tracking on edits.
Then why do I feel like my enemy has won? I guess she has.
