One of the good things about the web is the ability to make corrections right away to any published material. If you make a spelling mistake, bad link, etc. you can change things right away and the next person that comes to your site sees the corrected version.
However, this can be bad as well. You go to a blog or whatever, and the comments don't make sense to the post. I have changed posts before, but mainly they were spelling mistakes and bad links. What happens if I blog about something and then later think that I made a mistake. Should I change the post? Should I add to the post putting an "Update:", or should I just do another post with a trackback or something saying how I understand how I was wrong? How about deleting a post? It can be a very fine line.
Personally I like the "Update" option. I feel that every post I do is a snap shot into part of my head and shouldn't really be changed. If I said something or did something I have to live with those consequences. If I made a mistake, next time I will think twice about what I am going to post. Life isn't full of "do overs", so why should the web be? Even though the medium allows for instant change, I don't think that is good for ownership of what you do / did. No more than I can make defamatory comments in person and take them back, should I be allowed to on the net. It just annoys me, that's all. *deep breath* Okay, on to lunch.
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