Post editing time limit removed
 

Given we can now track post edits, there is no reason to retain the time limit on editing your own post.

There is still a restriction on the thread title of 3 hours.

Enjoy!

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This will make it increasingly difficult to make edits styled after Soviet era purges... :lookaround:

n0e's the best!

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Awesome! Now when my keyboard acts retarded, and I realize it two hours later, I can fix it. WEWT!!!

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Erm. I object?

Becomes:


The is issue is not with you staff guys being able to monitor any changes, but rather the regular users - such as little old me - being able to break the continuity and/or 'sense' of a thread or conversation.

Personally, I'd rather lose the freedom to edit my posts at whim, for the assurance of continuity and the integrity of forum discussions. Sure, you can Police it. But with thousands of posts per day being made, you'll never be able to do so.

So, do us all a favour, and change it back.... Extend it by all means..... but unlimited is just asking for trouble.

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Good point. Maybe extending it to a day or so would be enough.

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I agree with AzH. Personally I'd allow ten minutes for correction of spelling/grammar mistakes. An unlimited time limit will be abused.

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I think the abuse is exaggerated. I don't believe it would be nearly as bad as everything thinks. If someone edits their posts the way azh suggests, they would most certainly be called out on it and only hurt their reputation.

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Called out on it by whom? Someone who makes another post in the thread further derailing it? Perhaps the abuse is not going to be as bad as suggested (in what is an extreme example, I agree). But the benefits of such activity (unlimited editing) are not in the same league as the pitfalls.

Your call, Jeffy....

etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc

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To be honest I've been on a number of forums which had no post edit limits at all and this fact was virtually never abused as far as I know.
If someone really has the need to edit their six months old posts, they have a personal problem to be honest.
Otherwise it helps a number of different threads by a very large number.
For instance various mods can keep the newest content in the opening post for easy access without needing to ask a mod to edit it in.

Further it we can stress single posts a lot more hammering it into the posters without them giving excuses that they thought those 30 minutes passed already.

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I support this change, there are risks but I'd expect the level of actual abuse to be rather small. Atleast it's worth a try, if it turns out the new feature does more harm than good, the old edit system could be reinstalled.

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Great. Yeah, I don't think it was all that bad and if it doesn't work out than it can go back. But I don't think it'll be a problem.

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Same here.
I like most people here think its worth a try.

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Here's my 10 cents: KILL THEM ALL!!!!!!

Nah...it's not. Actually, give it a shot. See how it goes, if people are just fucking with it to be "funny" or "cute," then add a limit. The 30 minute deal wasn't that bad.

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Exactly what I had in mind! :nodding: Everything has its up- and downsides. I for one welcome this change as an regular post editor :)
It's so annoying when I discover a typing or grammar mistake in one of my earlier posts and I ran out of 30 mins. Bothering an admin with 'please edit a letter' would be simply silly, ridiculous, and time-killing (for the admin).

Also, keeping the thread opener post up to date (e.g. adding download links to a mod which is expanding) is just great, instead of scrolling thru all the posts to find whether an update had been posted or not.

Also, notice that 'no edit timeframe' is already in use for the social groups ;)

:agreed

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lol @ AzH

Ok but when does the rep limit get lifted? I need to remember who I need to pos rep tomorrow because I ran out of rep today...??

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This has epic potential for Spamming Forum... :naughty:

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That's why you quote it.

For me at least a few hours as I don't like having mis-spelled words... and go back and correct them later.

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I think its a good idea to extend the time limit for editing, but not unlimited. Who knows how often I will change my opinion to make it the opposite of the general public? :lol:

A week would be a better time cap but really nothing more than a day would be fine. If you really have an issue after a day, you can ask a mod anyways.

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I'm bad with coming back and editing my posts. I often change my mind 10 times over a 30 minute period. So you guys will be seeing a lot of variations in my posts...

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Eh if you are editing your posts after a generally accepted length of time, everyone will know and you will just loose respect.

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I often decide to add more information to my post, but nobody had replied when I decided to add more info. So I go back and edit it. When I am done editing, usually somebody has posted by that time... Sometimes not.

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2 days would be just perfect to me, as most of the times i come back in 24hrs periods. Time will prove whether this change is beneficial or a 'troublemaker'. In the meanwhile, double the security detail, and dig deep in the foxholes =p
In most of the times, someone (or many ppl) already jumps the post you're about to edit, so chances are little anyone will notice it. So you just make another post, being the latest of the thread, so it surely catches the attention, if it's something more or less important. At least that's the tendency I recognized.

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Shouldn't be a problem as long as people don't act cowardly and change their entire post afterwards. If you say something stupid you will probably be quoted either way though...

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No post edit time limit? This is going to be fun.

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Great adition, and I am enjoying this. Filefront rocks since it was bought back and salvaged from the depths of doom.:rock:

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Once the initial 'zomg look what i can do!>#!#!@#!' part goes away, I think it will be a non issue.

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Glad you're enjoying the changes. There's even more to come. :)

OMG I DOUBLE POSTED!! REPORT ME! REPORT ME!

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I've added Goatse to random posts from the past. :D

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Oh wow. That's interesting AzH.

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*reports to the authorities* The FBI is on it's way. RUN FOR YOUR LIIIIIIIIIIIIIFE!!!!!

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So... wait... you reported the authorities to the authorities? :p

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Hellz yah. If all goes well, we can storm the castle, invade the administration room and take over the WORLD!!! MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!! Ow...*glares at his finger* God damn stitches...uggh.

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lol. wait... is it your trigger finger? i was gonna have you snipe from outside the castle and i would take an assault squad in while you keep the battlements covered. but if you cant pull the trigger then our well thought out plan will inevitably fail...

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I'm right handed. Lol. Although I can use both.

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You just made the entire staff team search all your posts. I applaud you. :bows:

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If there ever was a time to call something 'epic' this would be it.

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Haha. Love it. But if there's a tracking history there's no nee to get confused, the mods or whoever can just look into it and BAM. They know what the original post was.