The purpose of this diary is to request a small change to the rules for commenting on articles. Namely, if someone posts a comment that has no responses, the poster can click on a link placed right below the comment that says “DELETE THIS COMMENT”, which is visible ONLY to the original author of the comment. The ability to delete a comment should be restricted to the original poster of the comment, and only in the instance that it is a comment to which no one else has replied.
I think many folks — especially including myself — would really love this.
UPDATE 1: 1:05pm Saturday Nov 28: I thank the commenters up until this time; The original diary was very badly written and many commenters misunderstood what I was trying to convey. The diary above is an effort to precisely and concisely express what I meant to say.
UPDATE 2: 11:25pm Saturday Nov 28: I’ve written Daily Kos Technical Support requesting they forward this request to the DK5 programming team. If you like the idea expressed here, please send a supporting note to Tech Support.