# I have been a member here for 15 years... **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [June 9, 2015, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-been-a-member-here-for-15-years/722080 "2015-06-09T16:43:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2015, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-been-a-member-here-for-15-years/722080/21 "2015-06-14T21:33:24Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > I wish the edit window were 10 minutes instead of 5. Sometimes it takes me a while to retype something. What bad things would happen if the edit time were doubled? Some people would say 10 minutes isn’t enough, and why can’t we increase it to 20?😉 ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2015, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-been-a-member-here-for-15-years/722080/22 "2015-06-14T22:02:12Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Some people would say 10 minutes isn’t enough, and why can’t we increase it to 20?😉 Well I’M not saying that. I’m saying that 10 minutes would be better than five. Don’t reduce my request to the lowest common denominator _ad absurdum_. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2015, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-been-a-member-here-for-15-years/722080/23 "2015-06-14T22:25:02Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Well I’M not saying that. I’m saying that 10 minutes would be better than five. Don’t reduce my request to the lowest common denominator _ad absurdum_. What I’m saying is that five minutes seems like a reasonable time for most people. Some people (I’m not saying you;)) are always going to want more time, no matter what the time is set at. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2015, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-been-a-member-here-for-15-years/722080/24 "2015-06-14T23:42:05Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > What I’m saying is that five minutes seems like a reasonable time for most people. Some people (I’m not saying you;)) are always going to want more time, no matter what the time is set at. How about doing a poll on that and seeing if MOST people would like a **little bit** more time? ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2015, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-been-a-member-here-for-15-years/722080/25 "2015-06-14T23:47:16Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > How about doing a poll on that and seeing if MOST people would like a **little bit** more time? We really don’t get a lot of complaints on the issue. ---
**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:** [June 15, 2015, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-been-a-member-here-for-15-years/722080/26 "2015-06-15T00:01:40Z")
The current edit time really isn’t a problem for most people. If we let it go too much longer then other thread replies can start getting in before edits are completed, which can totally screw up a thread. The 5 minute window is intended to be just enough time for you to look at the screen and go “oops!” and fix any submission errors. It’s not intended to give you a lot of time to think deeply about what you’ve posted and change your post around later. If you find yourself consistently needing a bit more time to edit posts, the usual recommendation is to compose your post in something like notepad or some other text editor of your choice. Then you can look at it, fiddle with it, etc. all at your leisure, and only copy and past it into a post after you are sure you’ve got all the edits out of it. Also, if you notice after 10 minutes that you made a typo and it really bugs you, just pm a mod. We’ll usually fix it for you if it’s something like a typo that doesn’t affect the meaning of your post. ---
**Author:** ![HeXen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@HeXen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeXen)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2015, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-been-a-member-here-for-15-years/722080/27 "2015-06-15T00:04:41Z")
It takes me longer than 30 seconds to type another post and that’s if I don’t even read the thread. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2015, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-been-a-member-here-for-15-years/722080/28 "2015-06-15T00:47:25Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > What I’m saying is that five minutes seems like a reasonable time for most people. Some people (I’m not saying you;)) are always going to want more time, no matter what the time is set at. Some of us take longer than others, sometimes even as long as it takes… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2015, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-been-a-member-here-for-15-years/722080/29 "2015-06-16T00:04:26Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Some people would say 10 minutes isn’t enough, and why can’t we increase it to 20?😉 Then how about just cutting out that step and going ahead and making it 20 straight off? 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-been-a-member-here-for-15-years/722080.md?page=1)