# Mods and edited posts **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [March 6, 2013, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-and-edited-posts/652194 "2013-03-06T15:19:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2013, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-and-edited-posts/652194/21 "2013-03-07T19:38:25Z")
> [@Anonymous User](#): > > What happens if someone breaks the rules, but then edits their post before the moderator comes in? Speaking only for myself: I don’t necessarily look at the pre-edit version, but if the edited version is not problematical, I probably won’t give a warning. (If the edit didn’t take care of the problem, or created a different problem, the poster is responsible for whatever he or she said in the final version.) ---
**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:** [March 7, 2013, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-and-edited-posts/652194/22 "2013-03-07T19:38:55Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > **Czarcasm** : > > Original: The board has gone to hell in a handbasket since I retired. > > Edited version: I think this is one of the best boards on the internet! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sister\_Vigilante](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@Sister\_Vigilante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sister_Vigilante)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2013, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-and-edited-posts/652194/23 "2013-03-07T19:45:20Z")
How do you do it? I have apparently been in the dark since 2005. I just went to my site and can’t find where this option is. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2013, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-and-edited-posts/652194/24 "2013-03-07T19:47:36Z")
The “last edited by…” line is a hyperlink for mods. Click on it and it shows you how ever many versions there are – click on “compare versions.” ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2013, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-and-edited-posts/652194/25 "2013-03-07T19:48:04Z")
> [@Anonymous User](#): > > What happens if someone breaks the rules, but then edits their post before the moderator comes in? This doesn’t come up very often, but if the final version is OK, there probably won’t be a warning. I can remember one instance where I gave a poster a warning for an insult and he edited out the insult after I posted my warning, at the same time I was sending the notification. I left the warning in place, but since then I’ve usually waited for the edit window to expire before I issue a warning for a new post. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2013, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-and-edited-posts/652194/26 "2013-03-07T20:05:06Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > **Czarcasm** : > > Original: The board has gone to hell in a handbasket since I retired. > > Edited version: I think this is one of the best boards on the internet! > > **Loach** (thanks, didn’t want to do that without permission): > > Original: Fnord. > > Edited version: Test. Ha! fell into my trap. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2013, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-and-edited-posts/652194/27 "2013-03-07T20:21:48Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Ha! fell into my trap. :smack: ---
**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:** [March 7, 2013, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-and-edited-posts/652194/28 "2013-03-07T20:26:22Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > This doesn’t come up very often, but if the final version is OK, there probably won’t be a warning. I can remember one instance where I gave a poster a warning for an insult and he edited out the insult after I posted my warning, at the same time I was sending the notification. I left the warning in place, but since then I’ve usually waited for the edit window to expire before I issue a warning for a new post. May we assume that if a poster makes a _habit_ of insulting others then editing out the insult just before the timer runs out you might treat it differently? ---
**Author:** ![SmellMyWort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SmellMyWort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmellMyWort)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2013, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-and-edited-posts/652194/29 "2013-03-07T21:12:56Z")
> [@Anonymous User](#): > > What happens if someone breaks the rules, but then edits their post before the moderator comes in? Just happened today, actually. Though it seems to be more of a case of a poorly worded post that was edited for clarification. [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=684494](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=684494) ---
**Author:** ![Sister\_Vigilante](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@Sister\_Vigilante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sister_Vigilante)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2013, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-and-edited-posts/652194/30 "2013-03-07T21:19:26Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > The “last edited by…” line is a hyperlink for mods. Click on it and it shows you how ever many versions there are – click on “compare versions.” This does not happen on my board, and I am an admin. I guess it happened in an upgrade. ---
**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:** [March 8, 2013, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-and-edited-posts/652194/31 "2013-03-08T03:28:20Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Yes, actually we can. If you don’t believe me, edit a post and I’ll tell you what the pre-edit version said. This is starting to sound like a parlor trick. ---
**Author:** ![Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce7236/32.png) [@Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mona_Lisa_Simpson)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2013, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-and-edited-posts/652194/32 "2013-03-08T08:25:55Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > The mods can tell what you are going to post before you actually do it. Luckily they can’t do anything about it until you actually type something in and submit it. But they still know what you intended to post even if you don’t click the button. This is the cause of many ATMB threads, the warnings issued reflect what the mods know a Doper intended to post, not just what they wrote, so the warning seems unduly harsh based simply on the posted content. To solve this problem always wear a tinfoil hat while posting, with shiny side down to keep your thoughts from escaping. I believe purists say that a tinfoil hat prevents the skin from getting properly crispy and tasty so you should never use a tinfoil hat, no matter what side you put up or down. Tinfoil hats result in mushy brains. Will no one think of the zombies? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-and-edited-posts/652194.md?page=1)