# Delete and editing posts? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [March 7, 2017, 9:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delete-and-editing-posts/781608 "2017-03-07T09:31:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2017, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delete-and-editing-posts/781608/21 "2017-03-07T17:35:19Z")
I’ve seen both NM and NVM used to mean Never Mind. I’ve never seen NM used to mean No Message. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2017, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delete-and-editing-posts/781608/22 "2017-03-07T17:48:09Z")
> [@engineer\_comp\_geek](#): > > I’ve seen both NM and NVM used to mean Never Mind. I’ve never seen NM used to mean No Message. Now that I think about it, I do remember seeing nvm sometimes. But nm was never “no message”, to me. ---
**Author:** ![Bone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bone/32/407_2.png) [@Bone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bone)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2017, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delete-and-editing-posts/781608/23 "2017-03-07T18:33:39Z")
In my non authoritative mind, NM = never mind. It could be n/m too. Nvm is same. NT or n/t = no text. eom = end of message ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2017, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delete-and-editing-posts/781608/24 "2017-03-07T19:59:14Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > Technically, “NM” is “no message”. “NVM” is “never mind” . 🙂 Ohhh, that’s [very different](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjYoNL4g5Vg) ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2017, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delete-and-editing-posts/781608/25 "2017-03-07T20:52:48Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > Really? I’ve seen both NM and NVM used as never mind. Both can be used. > [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > Not sure where that definition comes from. I use, and have seen, nm used as never mind. I’ve never noticed nvm. > [@engineer\_comp\_geek](#): > > I’ve seen both NM and NVM used to mean Never Mind. I’ve never seen NM used to mean No Message. Y’all missed the smiley, right? Here’s [a cite](https://books.google.com/books?id=jnToCAAAQBAJ&pg=PA498&dq=NM+isbn%3D940114351X&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjaw_TkosXSAhVMSyYKHRgFDkwQ6AEIGjAA#v=onepage&q=NM%20isbn%3D940114351X&f=false) anyway. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Overthinker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f17d59/32.png) [@Overthinker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Overthinker)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2017, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delete-and-editing-posts/781608/26 "2017-03-08T05:12:11Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Also, I’ve reported this for a move to About This Message Board, which is our forum for questions about the boards. OH thank you!!! Sorry about that, I’m super new here! ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2017, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delete-and-editing-posts/781608/27 "2017-03-08T05:19:56Z")
> [@jtur88](#): > > That’s what happened when you see a post that just says “nm”, which means “never mind”, from a poster who decided, for whatever reason, to cancel what he had posted. Low-brow posters, that’s who resorts to such desperation. Take 20 seconds and review your damn message before posting! :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2017, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delete-and-editing-posts/781608/28 "2017-03-08T06:50:40Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > Low-brow posters, that’s who resorts to such desperation. Take 20 seconds and review your damn message before posting! :rolleyes: In my case, it usually happens if, while preparing my message, it gets ninja’d by someone else’s post. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2017, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delete-and-editing-posts/781608/29 "2017-03-08T12:43:59Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > Low-brow posters, that’s who resorts to such desperation. Take 20 seconds and review your damn message before posting! :rolleyes: In my experience, it’s usually the high quality users that routinely use the “nm” approach. Don’t you agree? 🆒 😛 ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2017, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delete-and-editing-posts/781608/30 "2017-03-08T14:59:39Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > In my case, it usually happens if, while preparing my message, it gets ninja’d by someone else’s post. The acceptable response to that is "Ninja’d by [username]! Optionally followed by a disparaging joke about typing/searching speed. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2017, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delete-and-editing-posts/781608/31 "2017-03-08T16:32:10Z")
The question has been asked and answered in this thread and in PM, so I’m locking this thread. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delete-and-editing-posts/781608.md?page=1)