# Editing Posts

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/editing-posts/97226
**Category:** About This Message Board
**Created:** [December 6, 2001, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/editing-posts/97226 "2001-12-06T14:44:19Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![David\_Simmons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9de053/32.png) [@David\_Simmons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David_Simmons)
#### Post date: [December 6, 2001, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/editing-posts/97226/1 "2001-12-06T14:44:19Z")

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Why can’t I edit my own posts?

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### Author: ![andygirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@andygirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andygirl)
#### Post date: [December 6, 2001, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/editing-posts/97226/2 "2001-12-06T15:02:05Z")

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The function has been disabled for members. Mods can edit, but they don’t let everyone do it so that there’s a record of what is said, not just what is edited. As it were.

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### Author: ![imthjckaz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/imthjckaz/32/3223_2.png) [@imthjckaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/imthjckaz)
#### Post date: [December 6, 2001, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/editing-posts/97226/3 "2001-12-06T15:59:17Z")

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This has been covered before,prolly before you registered, these two threads may be helpful in understanding why you can’t edit your own posts.

[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=99768](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=99768)  
[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=100760](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=100760)