TOPIC: EPANORTHOSIS
Correcting or updating blog posts
29th November 2007Recently, I have grown to notice that certain bloggers are not removing old content from a blog, only striking it through using something like CSS. Though there is a place for this, it does strike me as overkill sometimes and can look untidy. Sometimes, that lack of neatness is a trade-off, since the highlighting of a correction itself conveys a message. While I have been known to tweak posts immediately after publishing without leaving the previous content on view, my changes generally are readability improvements more than anything else. Typos and spelling mistakes also get corrected like this; nobody needs them highlighted for all to see. I am not trying to fool anyone and, if I want to update the content, I either add another post or use another tactic that I have seen others use: updates at the bottom of the post that are denoted as such. It's another transparent approach that preserves the authenticity of the piece.