# Submit Reply/Preview Post buttons close together? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [January 21, 2005, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/submit-reply-preview-post-buttons-close-together/285827 "2005-01-21T00:07:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![High\_Cheese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8797f3/32.png) [@High\_Cheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/High_Cheese)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2005, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/submit-reply-preview-post-buttons-close-together/285827/1 "2005-01-21T00:07:57Z")
Why is this? Especially with no commoner edit function. How many people have submitted before the post was ready? I’m not sure how many resources would be required to separate the 2 buttons in a one-time event; but I can imagine it would be a lot less than the resources occupied by all the extra submissions due to a pre-mature post…which would go on forever. ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2005, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/submit-reply-preview-post-buttons-close-together/285827/2 "2005-01-21T01:52:54Z")
Partly, it’s simple economics. The corrections to erroneous posts are made by the Moderators, who aren’t paid. Changes in programming are made by the tech crew, who are. And partly, of course, it’s: get used to being careful. You goof up once and you learn from your mistakes. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2005, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/submit-reply-preview-post-buttons-close-together/285827/3 "2005-01-21T02:45:43Z")
The only thing that drives me crazy is that the :wally smiley and the 😉 are right next to each other! I’m petrified I’m going to accidentally call someone I really like a putz and walk away and not notice. ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2005, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/submit-reply-preview-post-buttons-close-together/285827/4 "2005-01-21T13:37:50Z")
I avoid that by never using smilies. Well, hardly ever. ---
**Author:** ![umop\_ap\_sdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/dbc845/32.png) [@umop\_ap\_sdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/umop_ap_sdn)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2005, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/submit-reply-preview-post-buttons-close-together/285827/5 "2005-01-21T19:23:13Z")
If the software were changed now, 4000+ people would suddenly have to adapt. 😉 > [@Anaamika](#): > > I’m petrified I’m going to accidentally call someone I really like a putz and walk away and not notice. Another way to avoid that is to memorize the codes for the smileys and type them in. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2005, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/submit-reply-preview-post-buttons-close-together/285827/6 "2005-01-21T20:09:04Z")
> [@C K Dexter Haven](#): > > I avoid that by never using smilies. Well, hardly ever. I love the Straight Dope Smileys! I am so tempted to list them all here but I’m afraid of getting scolded, so I’m refraining. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2005, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/submit-reply-preview-post-buttons-close-together/285827/7 "2005-01-21T20:13:27Z")
I, for one, thank you for it. **Aesiron** : hater of emoticons. (except in moderation) ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2005, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/submit-reply-preview-post-buttons-close-together/285827/8 "2005-01-21T20:21:50Z")
> [@Aesiron](#): > > **Aesiron** : hater of emoticons. What would be the smiley for that? Maybe an open circle to represent the symbolic emptiness of emoticons: O Heh. ---
**Author:** ![High\_Cheese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8797f3/32.png) [@High\_Cheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/High_Cheese)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2005, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/submit-reply-preview-post-buttons-close-together/285827/9 "2005-01-21T22:25:21Z")
Thank you for the clarification, Dex. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2005, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/submit-reply-preview-post-buttons-close-together/285827/10 "2005-01-22T00:08:56Z")
> [@Aesiron](#): > > I, for one, thank you for it. > > **Aesiron** : hater of emoticons. (except in moderation) I like them. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Shrinking\_Violet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@Shrinking\_Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shrinking_Violet)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2005, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/submit-reply-preview-post-buttons-close-together/285827/11 "2005-01-22T12:05:02Z")
> [@Aesiron](#): > > hater of emoticons. (except in moderation) I disagree … I think the Moderators, above all, should refrain from their use. 😉