Is there a time limit on editing posts? Sometimes if I have a post that I want to edit on a following day, it won't allow me to -- even if no one has since responded to the post.
It drives me crazy because I often post at work, so if my full attention isn't on the post I'll make a stupid mistake like using the exact opposite of a word that I intended to use and thus sow unnecessary confusion.
Time limit on editing posts?
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Time limit on editing posts?
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Re: Time limit on editing posts?
Post #2Yes, there is. I believe it is so that someone can't go back and change things after people respond too much to it... so a record of what is actually said is kept.Meow Mix wrote:Is there a time limit on editing posts? Sometimes if I have a post that I want to edit on a following day, it won't allow me to -- even if no one has since responded to the post.
It drives me crazy because I often post at work, so if my full attention isn't on the post I'll make a stupid mistake like using the exact opposite of a word that I intended to use and thus sow unnecessary confusion.
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Re: Time limit on editing posts?
Post #3I thought that might be the case, thanks.Goat wrote:Yes, there is. I believe it is so that someone can't go back and change things after people respond too much to it... so a record of what is actually said is kept.
Is it considered gauche to double post in order to correct an error if that time slot has passed, then?
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Re: Time limit on editing posts?
Post #4I don't see anything wrong with a later post that says "Whoops! My bad. I said x and I meant to say y.".Meow Mix wrote:I thought that might be the case, thanks.Goat wrote:Yes, there is. I believe it is so that someone can't go back and change things after people respond too much to it... so a record of what is actually said is kept.
Is it considered gauche to double post in order to correct an error if that time slot has passed, then?
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Re: Time limit on editing posts?
Post #5It should be OK as long as it's not all the time. Also, I'd save it for things that affect the message you were trying to get across, not for typos or small mistakes.Meow Mix wrote:I thought that might be the case, thanks.Goat wrote:Yes, there is. I believe it is so that someone can't go back and change things after people respond too much to it... so a record of what is actually said is kept.
Is it considered gauche to double post in order to correct an error if that time slot has passed, then?
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