Profile for Leroy_Hornblower - Hey, Threadless. Could we maybe make the designers first comment editable?

Leroy_Hornblower aka Hornblower is a boy, has been a member since January 8, 2006, has scored 3617 submissions, giving an average score of 4.98.

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May 12 '09 by Leroy_Hornblower

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Hey, Threadless. Could we maybe make the designers first comment editable?

Since all submissions start off with a post by the artist (below the design) in the comment section, regardless of whether they actually leave a comment or not, could you possible make that initial artist comment editable in the future?

It would be nice if the designer could update that first post to clarify any confusion, or post links to additional color choices/alternate placement, etc. That way the voters can see these new comments left by the designers, without having to scroll through the page to find them.

I don't know if any of that made any sense. It was just idea that popped into my head, as I was trying to clarify some confusion someone was having with one of my designs.

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smusi on May 13 '09 at 11:49pm

yes please

tomasappleton on May 14 '09 at 4:06am

The biggest benefit to having that first post editable would be the ability to post additional links.

Um, but that's exactly my point. That you basically shouldn't embellish / alter your design rationale or thinking etc AFTER you have designed it based on comments, especially when you never had been seriously considering the idea in the first place. (And if you really had, shouldn't you have included it?)

I'm more for letting the design speak for itself. No words, no explanation, no nothing, just the design itself.

BUT I'm not insisting adamantly that it shouldn't be editable or anything. Just offering an alternative opinion, that's all.

(Oh no, I just talked back to one of the purple shields. I'm actually paranoid of my design getting a low score, not that it wouldn't anyway on its own. But still...... )

FRICKINAWESOME on May 14 '09 at 4:42am

I actually think the biggest advantage is if there is some big debate about your design (copyright, etc), you can address it at the top of the design rather than have people hammering away at the design and its designer for comment after comment before i see an artist's repsonse.

tomasappleton on May 14 '09 at 4:45am

^ true