* Posts by BKinSF

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Apple lifts iPhone code ban (for chosen few)

BKinSF

"plain text only, no HTML"...of irony and hypocrisy

Interesting position of this article given the above imposed limitation on posting comments on the Register's own site. One might ask..."Why are you curtailing my freedoms to express myself in any manner I see fit? Does this not go against the tenets of what commenting is all about ...allowing for the participation of readers and the diversity of how we may chose to express themselves?"

The truth is that I can think of a number of reasons to impose this limitation (inappropriate self-promotion, links to malicious sites, etc.)

Personally, I think it's probably a combination two things...first, a 'walling off' or a cleaning up of the comment system to maintain what is deemed more desirable reading and second, to eliminate hyperlinks that would take you out of the Register site.

IMO, both of these reasons make sense....but given the logic/subject of the article should this not be considered a "Register, you fail!" moment with regards to freedom of expression? I don't...though it does seem hypocritical.