Can you make a code change to my blog?

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  txantimedia · Member · Jul 13, 2012 at 3:20 am

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  I want to configure my blog so my followers can edit their own comments. I found this page on the internet that states that adding these two lines of code to the function.php page will allow that.

  http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6456247/wordpress-allowing-commenters-to-edit-there-own-comments

  $subscriber= get_role(‘subscriber’);
  $subscriber->add_cap(‘edit_comment’);

  I can’t figure out any way to do this myself, and I’m shocked it isn’t an option available to blog owners.
  Blog url: http://txantimedia.wordpress.com/

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  timethief · Member · Jul 13, 2012 at 3:25 am

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  What applies to WordPress.org sites does not apply to our sites here. That’s not possible on free hosted WordPress.com blogs. We bloggers cannot access database files, let alone, edit them. We are all on the same multiuser blogging platform.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/?s=code
  Read > WordPress.com vs. WordPress.org: The Differences

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  txantimedia · Member · Jul 13, 2012 at 3:28 am

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  So why can’t WordPress add this functionality? It seems like a no brainer.

  BTW, my blog isn’t free. I’m paying a lot of money for it.

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  timethief · Member · Jul 13, 2012 at 3:43 am

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  You are paying for domain mapping which includes a domain name for your blog, just like I am paying for the same for my blogs. Web hosting is free here at wordpress.com and that’s why I stopped paying $60.00 per year for a wordpress.org self hosted install where I could do what you want to do. You get what you pay for and nothing esle and that’s clearly stated here > Important Notes Before Upgrading http://en.support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/#important-notes-before-upgrading

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  justpi · Member · Jul 13, 2012 at 3:47 am

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  Timethief didn’t say free, she said free hosted (as opposed to self hosted). As far as I know, not allowing visitors to edit their comments is an intentional choice by WP, for good reasons. And WP cannot make a change to your blog alone: as timethief said, “we are all on the same multiuser blogging platform”, which means such a change would apply to all wordpress.com blogs.

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  txantimedia · Member · Jul 13, 2012 at 3:50 am

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  Guess I’ll be moving them.

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  timethief · Member · Jul 13, 2012 at 3:52 am

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  In that case this will be helpful > http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2010/11/06/setting-up-a-self-hosted-wordpress-org-install/