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I believe the reason for the time limits was because some posters would come back after posting something provocative or nasty and then return to edit them into something nicer making those that responded initially look bad. Some people would also return at a later date and remove all their content which messes with the flow of a thread especially when they started threads. I may be wrong and will sit corrected if that is the case. @jeff is the one to confirm or correct me on the reasons. I might have it mixed up with another forum.
 
Jeff said he will be making tweaks sometime in the near future to the site, maybe suggest to have a suggestion list and include this to a longer time limit.
 
Maybe, if possible, allow editing until there is a reply to the post. That would prevent changes to the context of the replies. & sometimes forum software sets what can and cannot be done.
 
I'd like a longer window to edit as well. I like to make sure my posts use correct spelling and the like, and occasionally I find that I've accidentally sliced out a chunk by unknowingly selecting a bit of text then typing. The window is pretty darn short right now.

Regarding the editing-to-make-others-look-bad bit? If you quote what you reply to, that can never happen, so I'm not sure its really a valid reason to keep the edit window super short? I also don't know if I've seen people on these forums that malicious... 🤷‍♂️ But, then again, I don't know everyone...
 
We had an incident a long while back where someone went in and deleted a virtual tonne of posts...it was chaos. The 'take my football and go home' mentality led to a swiss cheese effect, and the space-time continuum was definitely altered!

Not allowing editing after a certain amount of time promotes accountability, as well. It's not hard to post a follow-up with clarifications...and for anything that needs removing (like having a brain freeze and posting your address), it can be accomplished quickly just by reporting it to us.
 
maxwell_smart007 said:
We had an incident a long while back where someone went in and deleted a virtual tonne of posts...it was chaos. The 'take my football and go home' mentality led to a swiss cheese effect, and the space-time continuum was definitely altered!

Not allowing editing after a certain amount of time promotes accountability, as well. It's not hard to post a follow-up with clarifications...and for anything that needs removing (like having a brain freeze and posting your address), it can be accomplished quickly just by reporting it to us.
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Good points, I didn't know about the incident.
 
maxwell_smart007 said:
We had an incident a long while back where someone went in and deleted a virtual tonne of posts...it was chaos. The 'take my football and go home' mentality led to a swiss cheese effect, and the space-time continuum was definitely altered!

Not allowing editing after a certain amount of time promotes accountability, as well. It's not hard to post a follow-up with clarifications...and for anything that needs removing (like having a brain freeze and posting your address), it can be accomplished quickly just by reporting it to us.
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yea I remember that chaos too.
 
Curly said:
I believe the reason for the time limits was because some posters would come back after posting something provocative or nasty and then return to edit them into something nicer making those that responded initially look bad. Some people would also return at a later date and remove all their content which messes with the flow of a thread especially when they started threads. I may be wrong and will sit corrected if that is the case. @jeff is the one to confirm or correct me on the reasons. I might have it mixed up with another forum.
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100% correct
 
jeff said:
It's 2 hours forum-wide, except for the for sale forum where it's 3 weeks. That seems adequate to me to allow fixing "whoops" errors.

How long do you think it should be?
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Jeff, for me, It is usually 2 or 3 hours before I get back to review and notice errors. I have a mental block that prevents me from seeing errors until after the deadline anyway! 🥴
I personally would like to see 4 to 6 hours and would not object to 12 hours, but not more,

I am interested in what others would say.
 
Curly said:
I believe the reason for the time limits was because some posters would come back after posting something provocative or nasty and then return to edit them into something nicer making those that responded initially look bad. Some people would also return at a later date and remove all their content which messes with the flow of a thread especially when they started threads. I may be wrong and will sit corrected if that is the case. @jeff is the one to confirm or correct me on the reasons. I might have it mixed up with
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jeff said:
It's 2 hours forum-wide, except for the for sale forum where it's 3 weeks. That seems adequate to me to allow fixing "whoops" errors.

How long do you think it should be?
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No limit. No reason not to leave it ongoing. Also the ability to delete a post.
This is a quality forum with quality members. Let everyone manage themselves. Any inappropriate posts/comments can deleted or get moderated by administration.
 
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