# Suggestion: Allow us to edit our posts **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [October 17, 2005, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestion-allow-us-to-edit-our-posts/326588 "2005-10-17T13:27:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 7
**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:** [October 18, 2005, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestion-allow-us-to-edit-our-posts/326588/7 "2005-10-18T00:26:07Z")
Even within one minute, we’d have people posting something and then retracting it… after two or three responses. I actually think that, time and three vs two pages aside, there is a positive aspect to not being able to edit your own post: namely, we don’t get anywhere near the number of people being picky about other’s posts. used to be, anyone made a typo, you’d get a slew of “Nyah, nyah, you mean ‘was’ not ‘were’!” kind of posts… rather than substantive comments. We don’t get many of those anymore – everyone makes typos, so there’s a “don’t do unto others what you don’t want done unto you” attitude. And I, for one, think that’s a major plus. Any serious typo, and mods are happy to fix 'em, like coding, or “now” for “not” or whatever. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestion-allow-us-to-edit-our-posts/326588)._