{"id":293,"date":"2006-09-06T07:36:18","date_gmt":"2006-09-06T14:36:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=293"},"modified":"2007-05-13T20:13:33","modified_gmt":"2007-05-14T03:13:33","slug":"no-memory-hole-at-redfincom-weblog-where-the-dance-of-the-mantises-go-on-forever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/293\/no-memory-hole-at-redfincom-weblog-where-the-dance-of-the-mantises-go-on-forever\/","title":{"rendered":"No Memory Hole at Redfin.com weblog, where the dance of the mantises goes on forever . . ."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(This teeters right on the brink of being either gossip or a pissing contest. I want to document the facts in a permanent way, but I won&#8217;t be in the least offended if you press on without reading this.)<\/p>\n<p>One of the interesting defects of the enblogged globe is the <i>de facto<\/i> Memory Hole effect. If I change the appearance of a weblog, every page will reflect those changes, as though they had been that way forever. If I change a post, it&#8217;s changed forever, with no reference to its past form. There are various web-based Wayback Machines, but there is no built-in version history so that you can track what I have done &#8212; perhaps with an eye to judging my motives.<\/p>\n<p>It could be there is no Memory Hole <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.redfin.com\/blog\/redfin\/\" target=\"_blank\">at Redfin.com&#8217;s weblog<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.raincityguide.com\/2006\/09\/05\/redfin-is-missing-20-of-listings\/#comment-16186\" target=\"_blank\">From a comment by Glenn Kelman at Rain City Guide:<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Regarding that reference, I had tried to explain that we deplore a particular tactic, not real estate agents, and I apologized. Later, before returning to this blog, I removed the reference from the blog, and inserted an apology with the same prominence as the original reference. This is because I respect Dustin, because I regretted the implications of my own statement, and because we all believe in fair, civil discourse.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>And, indeed, this is the way that particular text appears <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.redfin.com\/blog\/redfin\/\" target=\"_blank\">on the Redfin.com weblog&#8217;s home page<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.redfin.com\/blog\/redfin\/2006\/09\/the_fur_flies_over_new_york_ti.html\" target=\"_blank\">at this permalink<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/newlink.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>But there is no Memory Hole. <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.redfin.com\/blog\/redfin\/2006\/09\/redfin_in_the_new_york_times_1.html\" target=\"_blank\">The original entry is still on-line<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/oldlink.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The reader comments are copied from the old version to the new, but the old version has not been supplanted by the new version, but, rather, duplicated and then edited.<\/p>\n<p>I am drawing absolutely no inferences from this, simply taking note of a body of facts.<\/p>\n<p><b><i>Further notice:<\/i><\/b> I just went to set the trackbacks for the two separate permalinks &#8212; and they&#8217;re the same.<br \/>\n<!-- technorati tags start --><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:right;font-size:10px;\">Technorati Tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/blogging\" rel=\"tag\">blogging<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/disintermediation\" rel=\"tag\">disintermediation<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/real estate\" rel=\"tag\">real estate<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/real estate marketing\" rel=\"tag\">real estate marketing<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- technorati tags end --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(This teeters right on the brink of being either gossip or a pissing contest. I want to document the facts in a permanent way, but I won&#8217;t be in the least offended if you press on without reading this.) One of the interesting defects of the enblogged globe is the de facto Memory Hole effect. 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