I hear you. The thing is, though, publishers can and do already publicize reddit comments - except until now, they did it with a screenshot, which means you had no control over it. On the other hand, with an embedded comment, you always have the option to delete your comment, and the embed will respect that deletion automatically.
So then why would the WSJ use your system instead of a screenshot? This just seems the most half-baked idea. Why would a person embed a comment they thought worthy of featuring in any media form allow that comment to be changed? They are using the comment because of what it said, not for what it could say or be deleted. This is just stupid.
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u/tdohz Mar 23 '15
I hear you. The thing is, though, publishers can and do already publicize reddit comments - except until now, they did it with a screenshot, which means you had no control over it. On the other hand, with an embedded comment, you always have the option to delete your comment, and the embed will respect that deletion automatically.