# Editing posts **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [May 12, 2002, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/editing-posts/108656 "2002-05-12T17:59:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cockatoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Cockatoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cockatoo)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2002, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/editing-posts/108656/1 "2002-05-12T17:59:33Z")
Hey, is it not permissible to edit posts here? I accidentally double posted to a thread and when I hit the edit button got a message saying that I was trying to access a function I wasn’t allowed to do, like editing someone else’s post? But it really was my post. ---
**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2002, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/editing-posts/108656/2 "2002-05-12T18:04:43Z")
Yep. It was disabled because of the risk of posters editing their posts after the fact to make other posters look stupid (or to delete deliberately offensive comments). Before you ask, yes, there is an element that would do that. Sadly. ---
**Author:** ![Cockatoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Cockatoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cockatoo)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2002, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/editing-posts/108656/3 "2002-05-12T18:10:57Z")
Oh, thanks. Looks like I’ll have to be more careful. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2002, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/editing-posts/108656/4 "2002-05-12T18:38:45Z")
Just let the Mods know what you want fixed(within reason), and we’ll get right on it. 🙂