That wasn't my point. My point was that I don't want to have to come up with new disclaimers about stuff I'm only hearing about by chance every single time, because I think some people may be working with slightly different definitions of what's public/private. I don't want to see people on DW just lock posting period -- that would make the site more like Tumblr not less. My problem like other peoples' was with the original "We don't ask permission to link to publicly available posts, but we will give you a head's up that it's going into an issue." If a weekly newsletter goes ahead and says "Permission to link?" that's really different. And people in general ask first, even if it's a friend asking to quote in their own DW, or maybe post it in a "greatest quotes" community.