After the next Dataform release (2.8, 2.7.3) I will try to make time to wrap up and release a Dataform filter that should be able to provide this functionality. This filter works together with a designated Dataform view type which provides the entry string identifiers and display template. There is also a plan for entry schedule but that's a bit further away.
Itamar Tzadok
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William, can you offer a use case for default content in a textarea field?
Ah, well, that's not the default content feature I'm currently working on, but rather a special case of it and incidentally I've been thinking about this special case. The current feature populates to the entry form default values but the user can change them. Your use case is for default values the user should not change. When I started working on Dataform rules (the incomplete feature pre-2.6) one of the rules I envisioned was 'content update' which would change entry content on event. This could meet your requirement as it would allow you to specify certain content that would be added to a new entry not via the entry form where the user might change it, but in the background on submission. You can open a feature request in the Set: Dataform tracker. I will definitely want to add that at some point, time and funding permitting. And at any rate, any further discussion about such feature should be continued in the Dataform forum.
If the value is in the author's profile, why do you want to duplicate it in the entry?