# Discobot tutorial wants pictures

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discobot-tutorial-wants-pictures/911984
**Category:** Site Feedback
**Created:** [June 22, 2020, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discobot-tutorial-wants-pictures/911984 "2020-06-22T19:25:53Z")
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### Author: ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)
#### Post date: [June 23, 2020, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discobot-tutorial-wants-pictures/911984/15 "2020-06-23T03:50:22Z")

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> [@GreysonCarlisle](#):
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> > [@thorny\_locust](#):
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> > We’ve got our five-minute editing back. See the pencil in your post – if you’'re fast enough – and I just edited my reply to you above twice, if you look back at it; each of the last two lines is a separate edit.
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> Yeah, but we now have full edit histories for each post that anybody can view. There’s no need for any limits. Probably a discussion for another thread, though.

I already created a thread to request that. Come add your voice to it. 🙂

> [@Request: Can we restore the ability to edit posts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request-can-we-restore-the-ability-to-edit-posts/912028):
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> Yes, for longer than 5 minutes. Unlike vbulletin board, where only moderators can see edit history, Discourse allows all posters to see a post’s history. So what harm is there in allowing a poster to edit their post? They can’t “re-write the past”. What they CAN do is fix an awkward typo or add a clarification that they realize they need after a reply or two.

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