# I pit the 5 minute Edit rule.
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-5-minute-edit-rule/608482
**Category:** About This Message Board
**Created:** [January 5, 2012, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-5-minute-edit-rule/608482 "2012-01-05T08:30:06Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2012, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-5-minute-edit-rule/608482/1 "2012-01-05T08:30:06Z")
I always think of the _better_ stuff after I’ve already “talked.” I need to expound, clarify, add to.
“Just gimme the chance to 'splain!”
Anybody else?
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### Author:  [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2012, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-5-minute-edit-rule/608482/2 "2012-01-05T08:35:15Z")
It can be irritating; but it’s even more irritating to try to argue with someone who goes back and edits his post you are trying to debate and then pretends it always said what it does now.
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### Author:  [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2012, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-5-minute-edit-rule/608482/3 "2012-01-05T08:36:30Z")
When I’m on my phone I sometimes don’t notice that autocorrect MILF.
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### Author:  [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2012, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-5-minute-edit-rule/608482/4 "2012-01-05T08:42:20Z")
> [@drastic\_quench](#):
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> When I’m on my phone I sometimes don’t notice that autocorrect MILF.
\*malfunctions. Goddamn it.
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### Author:  [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2012, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-5-minute-edit-rule/608482/5 "2012-01-05T09:20:13Z")
I have to
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### Author:  [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2012, 9:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-5-minute-edit-rule/608482/6 "2012-01-05T09:30:01Z")
agree, I guess.
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### Author:  [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2012, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-5-minute-edit-rule/608482/7 "2012-01-05T10:08:21Z")
Nevermind
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### Author:  [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2012, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-5-minute-edit-rule/608482/8 "2012-01-05T12:58:47Z")
I like the five minute rule. It’s one of my favorite things about this board.
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### Author:  [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2012, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-5-minute-edit-rule/608482/9 "2012-01-05T13:38:29Z")
> [@Becky2844](#):
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> I always think of the _better_ stuff after I’ve already “talked.” I need to expound, clarify, add to.
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> “Just gimme the chance to 'splain!”
It’s too bad you’re only allowed to post once per thread.
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### Author:  [@Mr.Accident](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Accident)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2012, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-5-minute-edit-rule/608482/10 "2012-01-05T13:51:27Z")
> [@Merneith](#):
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> I like the five minute rule. It’s one of my favorite things about this board.
I do too. I’ve been a moderator on 2 different boards, (one of which was the official message board of one of the popular MMORPGs out there), and admin for a smallish board dedicated to gamer girls. Having the time limit really does cut down on trollish posts.
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### Author:  [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2012, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-5-minute-edit-rule/608482/11 "2012-01-05T13:53:28Z")
I was actually happy to get the 5 minute window; when I first joined the board there was no editing at all.
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### Author:  [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2012, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-5-minute-edit-rule/608482/12 "2012-01-05T14:04:00Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#):
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> I was actually happy to get the 5 minute window; when I first joined the board there was no editing at all.
Right - this is an improvement allowing you to correct mistakes while retaining the spirit of having to stand by your post.
Like \*\*Czarcasm \*\*said, it’s not like you can’t follow up to yourself. In fact it tends to be appreciated if a poster comes back to defend, reaffirm or clarify.
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### Author:  [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2012, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-5-minute-edit-rule/608482/13 "2012-01-05T14:06:24Z")
I like it too. I always, always, always have to go back and correct a typo.
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### Author:  [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2012, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-5-minute-edit-rule/608482/14 "2012-01-05T14:36:29Z")
Really. No editing at all? That would
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### Author:  [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2012, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-5-minute-edit-rule/608482/15 "2012-01-05T14:37:35Z")
be a bummer.
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### Author:  [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2012, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-5-minute-edit-rule/608482/16 "2012-01-05T14:46:39Z")
I was under the impression that multiple posts were frowned upon. Isn’t it sometimes questioned?
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### Author:  [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2012, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-5-minute-edit-rule/608482/17 "2012-01-05T14:55:37Z")
> [@Becky2844](#):
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> I was under the impression that multiple posts were frowned upon. Isn’t it sometimes questioned?
You can’t post twice in under 60 seconds (even to multiple threads).
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### Author:  [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2012, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-5-minute-edit-rule/608482/18 "2012-01-05T14:57:03Z")
> [@Becky2844](#):
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> I was under the impression that multiple posts were frowned upon. Isn’t it sometimes questioned?
Only if it’s extreme. If you forgot a point and want to add more that’s just normal posting activity.
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### Author:  [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2012, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-5-minute-edit-rule/608482/19 "2012-01-05T16:41:13Z")
I think sometimes it’s hard to sit and compose because by the time you post the thread has advanced beyond the point you were making. In active threads, that is.
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### Author:  [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2012, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-5-minute-edit-rule/608482/20 "2012-01-05T18:00:52Z")
> [@Becky2844](#):
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> I think sometimes it’s hard to sit and compose because by the time you post the thread has advanced beyond the point you were making. In active threads, that is.
So you update your older post and no one reads the changes because the fast moving thread has moved on?
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