# Mods editing their own posts **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 16, 2003, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-editing-their-own-posts/168984 "2003-04-16T00:44:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Trion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Trion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trion)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2003, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-editing-their-own-posts/168984/41 "2003-04-16T14:24:19Z")
Could I please get a Mod to edit my posts? I’d like it if you could make me sound smarter. And perhaps you could give my posts a nice air of detached indifference. And taller. Make me sound taller. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2003, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-editing-their-own-posts/168984/42 "2003-04-16T14:31:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Aslan2 \* > \*\*Wouldn’t more bandwith be taken when people see a new reply that’s bumped a thread and take a look to see it? Plus all the people who subscribe to it? > Then the extra post correction would then cause more unnecassary bandwith usage(or whatever you’d call it) then the actual correction done in editing. \*\* Bandwidth is used whenever data is transfered to or from the server. That includes both editing posts and opening threads. If the extra data from an edit is 5K and a correction is 100 bytes, then you would need more than 50 views of the correction to offset the edit. Remember also that the notification of the edit itself (as in _Lasted edited by so-and-so on 04-16-2003 at 10:07AM_) consumes bandwidth as well as server resources in the form of a data hit to retrieve the notification. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2003, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-editing-their-own-posts/168984/43 "2003-04-16T15:26:31Z")
Little known fact about Decartes’ “Discourse on Method:” It originally opened with, ‘I mod, therefore I edit.’ It was edited out. There’s still a few bootleg copies of the original floating around, though. It’s true. Happy ---
**Author:** ![elf6c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c57346/32.png) [@elf6c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elf6c)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2003, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-editing-their-own-posts/168984/44 "2003-04-16T15:36:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Duke \* > \*\*Got the spelling wrong. 😃 \*\* :smack: But I _did_ the size right. “Lasted” wtf does that mean? Yeesh. ---
**Author:** ![Dogface](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9d8465/32.png) [@Dogface](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogface)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2003, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-editing-their-own-posts/168984/45 "2003-04-16T15:38:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Zoe \* > \*\*Rank hath its privileges… > > We are equal in all of the really important ways, I think. But mods have a greater responsibility and therefore get a few perks. \*\* All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2003, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-editing-their-own-posts/168984/46 "2003-04-16T16:19:25Z")
I can edit any post I want! As long as it’s [here](http://forums.aclu.org/). ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2003, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-editing-their-own-posts/168984/47 "2003-04-16T17:40:55Z")
You know, I was just thinking about puppies and sunflowers and dewdrops, and **DEATH TO AMERICA!!!** _[sub]Last edited by Osama bin Laden on 04-16-2003 at 12:41 PM_[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Black\_Train\_Song](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4da419/32.png) [@Black\_Train\_Song](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Black_Train_Song)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2003, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-editing-their-own-posts/168984/48 "2003-04-16T17:53:06Z")
I think you have a valid argument Stypticus but alas , you were brushed off like a bad case of dandruff. You loose…I mean lose. ---
**Author:** ![Black\_Train\_Song](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4da419/32.png) [@Black\_Train\_Song](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Black_Train_Song)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2003, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-editing-their-own-posts/168984/49 "2003-04-16T18:00:09Z")
Further, I don’t see the point of having the editing feature turned off. It gives the OP the abilty to go back and correct a spelling error making the post more legible to all who read it. I know the worry is that they will go back and change the entire post but if the OP wrote anything controversial in his post I’m sure someone would have quoted the original scribblings anyway in a response and his nefarious deed will be revealed to all. If he doesn’t get caught, so what? Besides, his post will show that it has been edited. Thats just my opinion, I could be wrong. But c’mon, it’s just an edit button. ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2003, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-editing-their-own-posts/168984/50 "2003-04-16T18:22:53Z")
Maybe the mods _need_ to edit their posts more often than we do. Lots of spelling errors, mistaken notions, unsubstantiated claims, name-calling, general abuse, blood-letting, occult curses… They have to cover their uhm…er…_tracks_ someway! ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2003, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-editing-their-own-posts/168984/51 "2003-04-16T19:20:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ice Wolf \* > \*\*The mods can edit at will. Let ‘em. But, to save any unnecessary ire, a short explanation of why, where it isn’t blindingly obvious, might help keep things nice an’ clear around here. \*\* How’s something like this, **Ice Wolf**? [sub](edited to remove the line _Fuck you and the pig you rode in here on. How much time you think I got to waste on typing in horseshit explanations and trying to get the coding correct and making sure I didn’t make ANOTHER spelling error, just to assauge your delicate little feelings? I’ve got a fuckin’ Passover dinner I’m supposed to be cooking right now, anyway_ – Ukulele Ike, SDMB moderator for Cafe Society)[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2003, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-editing-their-own-posts/168984/52 "2003-04-16T19:51:53Z")
Underpants. [sub]_NOT edited by SPOOFE on 04-16-2003 at 1:05 PM_[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![stypticus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f05b48/32.png) [@stypticus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stypticus)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2003, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-editing-their-own-posts/168984/53 "2003-04-16T20:37:13Z")
I’m going to jump all over **Rooves** ’ post here: > [@](#): > > I think you have a valid argument Stypticus but alas , you were brushed off like a bad case of dandruff. You loose…I mean lose. and excitedly squeal that I _must_ have a point, because someone else agreed with me! We can form a minority group and demand our rights and– Actually, I just want to get the thread back on track. Much as I appreciate the editing jokes and the “mods are gods” worship posts, I’m more interested in the mods’ input. I hold by my statements and will clarify: I think it would be a courtesy for mods not to edit their posts for minor errors such as spelling, grammar, and coding, instead going through the same corrective procedure as the rest of us. Incidentally, a _bad_ case of dandruff is awful hard to just brush off. And **coldfire** , stop trying to steal the Pit Points. I specifically pitted “mods” in general (you read that right), using you as an example mainly because I happened to have your edited post at hand for quoting. I even reiterated that it was a general pitting in a future post. I recall seeing at least two other mods do the same thing, but I didn’t think I’d need to save a list of post references. And don’t think I’ll pit you for stealing Pit Points, either; I’m wise to your game. Actually I’m not. Are we keeping score here? Is the winner the high scorer or the low? ---
**Author:** ![sailor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@sailor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sailor)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2003, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-editing-their-own-posts/168984/54 "2003-04-16T20:50:51Z")
I don’t know how they do it but I know for a fact that at least one and maybe several mods can edit their posts with their hands inside their pants. Quite a sight too. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2003, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-editing-their-own-posts/168984/55 "2003-04-16T21:18:22Z")
These freakin’ wonderful mods can have a bite of food with me anytime. _Last edited by Eutychus on 04-15-2003 at 05:30 PM_ ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2003, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-editing-their-own-posts/168984/56 "2003-04-16T21:31:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by davidm \* > \*\*These freakin’ wonderful mods can have a bite of food with me anytime. > > _Last edited by Eutychus on 04-15-2003 at 05:30 PM_ \*\* Just be sure to call me again if you need your post edited the day before you actually post it. ---
**Author:** ![SCSimmons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e495f1/32.png) [@SCSimmons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCSimmons)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2003, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-editing-their-own-posts/168984/57 "2003-04-16T21:45:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Rooves \* > **I know the worry is that they will go back and change the entire post but if the OP wrote anything controversial in his post I’m sure someone would have quoted the original scribblings anyway in a response and his nefarious deed will be revealed to all. At least, that’s what my great Fuhrer, Adolf Hitler, tells me.** Hah! Now, if you ever try to edit _anything_ in your post, spelling, grammar, whatever, then this post will stand forever as irrefutable evidence that your unedited post declared your Nazi allegiances. You will never win an argument in the Pit again! (Does anybody ever win an argument in the Pit?) ---
**Author:** ![White\_Lightning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@White\_Lightning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/White_Lightning)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2003, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-editing-their-own-posts/168984/58 "2003-04-16T22:01:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by \*\*stypticus \*\*\* > I think it would be a courtesy for mods not to edit their posts for minor errors such as spelling, grammar, and coding, instead going through the same corrective procedure as the rest of us. I agree. I fully support the ban on post editing. But if the rest of us have to live with ‘loosing’ something in the translation, then the Mods should too, imo. ---
**Author:** ![Medea\_s\_Child](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Medea\_s\_Child](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Medea_s_Child)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2003, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-editing-their-own-posts/168984/59 "2003-04-16T22:06:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by stypticus \* > \*\* > I think it would be a courtesy for mods not to edit their posts for minor errors such as spelling, grammar, and coding, instead going through the same corrective procedure as the rest of us. > \*\* “Same corrective procedure”? I was under the impression that the basic procedure was to e-mail/beg _a mod_ to edit your post for you. So you’re asking that instead of editing their own posts, mods should e-mail each other, and let a different mod edit their posts? ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2003, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-editing-their-own-posts/168984/60 "2003-04-16T22:08:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Eutychus \* > \*\*Just be sure to call me again if you need your post edited the day before you actually post it. \*\* :smack: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-editing-their-own-posts/168984.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-editing-their-own-posts/168984.md?page=4)