# Test of edited posts. Someone else post, too. **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [June 19, 2012, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-of-edited-posts-someone-else-post-too/625672 "2012-06-19T19:07:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2012, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-of-edited-posts-someone-else-post-too/625672/1 "2012-06-19T19:07:24Z")
I’m trying something involving edited posts, that I noticed just now in another thread. ETA: I want to see if it’s common to everyone’s posts, or just the ones of your own that you’ve edited. Someone else please make a post, then edit it, and I will then post what I was trying to look at. Don’t want to taint anyone with advanced knowledge… ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2012, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-of-edited-posts-someone-else-post-too/625672/2 "2012-06-19T19:07:57Z")
Okay, now what? ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2012, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-of-edited-posts-someone-else-post-too/625672/3 "2012-06-19T19:11:29Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > Okay, now what? Edit your post. Add something, anything… ETA: test. ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2012, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-of-edited-posts-someone-else-post-too/625672/4 "2012-06-19T19:22:05Z")
Actually, I just noticed that what I noticed in the other thread goes away when the edit window has closed. What I saw was that this: > [@](#): > > Last edited by Cheshire Human; Today at 03:14 PM. had this part: > [@](#): > > Last edited by Cheshire Human as a link, that if you click on it, goes to a page where you can compare posts. I wanted to see if that happened when someone else edited theirs, but as it turns out, even if it does, you have to see the edited post within 5 minutes of the original post time, even if it’s your post. If it _does_ work for other people’s edited posts, it will only do so within 5 minutes of their original post time, anyway. ETA: In other words, never mind. I’d have to catch someone posting to this thread, and then editing their post, before their edit window closes, to even find out if it works that way. I’m not going to reload this thread once per minute, just to see if that link will show up on someone else’s post. ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2012, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-of-edited-posts-someone-else-post-too/625672/5 "2012-06-19T19:38:50Z")
Another interesting thing about it I just found. The _link_ in your post goes away when the edit window closes, but if you kept a tab open for the page it goes to, that page can be renewed, any buttons clicked on, etc. long after the edit window closed. Not that it does you any good, since there’s no way, from that page, to re-edit your post again. No edit-window loophole exists. Let’s try something else that suggests itself… ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2012, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-of-edited-posts-someone-else-post-too/625672/6 "2012-06-19T19:46:50Z")
That might work, but I need someone to edit a post. Ok, I retract my “never mind”. Someone post, then edit your post. Post something, delete it all, then edit it to something else. I’ll see if I can tell you what you originally posted… If this works, then no one will ever again be able to hide their original, unedited spew… _There are no secrets…_ ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2012, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-of-edited-posts-someone-else-post-too/625672/7 "2012-06-19T19:48:04Z")
Also - great “Sneakers” reference, though I think it was “no more secrets”. ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2012, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-of-edited-posts-someone-else-post-too/625672/8 "2012-06-19T20:19:21Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > Also - great “Sneakers” reference, though I think it was “no more secrets”. It wasn’t a reference to that, because I have no idea what you are referring to. Nevertheless, Thank you. I’m about to try what I thought of on your post. Let’s see what happens… ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2012, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-of-edited-posts-someone-else-post-too/625672/9 "2012-06-19T20:22:13Z")
Nope. I get this: > [@](#): > > Cheshire Human, you do not have permission to access this page. This could be due to one of several reasons: > > 1. Your user account may not have sufficient privileges to access this page. Are you trying to edit someone else’s post, access administrative features or some other privileged system? > 2. If you are trying to post, the administrator may have disabled your account, or it may be awaiting activation. I guess it means you only have access to your own posts, that way… _There are still some secrets…_ ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2012, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-of-edited-posts-someone-else-post-too/625672/10 "2012-06-19T20:56:56Z")
For some of you. Mods get to see all this stuff. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2012, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-of-edited-posts-someone-else-post-too/625672/11 "2012-06-19T21:01:38Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > For some of you. Mods get to see all this stuff. 🆒 Yes, we know. I’m trying to find ways around your evil powers. Preferably ways that won’t get me banned as an _evil hacker_, but, hey, if that’s what it takes… And especially if I find a way to get your powers, too… Yes, I’m evil. Muahahaha… ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2012, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-of-edited-posts-someone-else-post-too/625672/12 "2012-06-19T21:53:03Z")
If it’s so easy that even I’m doing it wrong, then maybe you’re doing it wrong… ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2012, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-of-edited-posts-someone-else-post-too/625672/13 "2012-06-20T05:41:02Z")
> [@Cheshire\_Human](#): > > Another interesting thing about it I just found. The _link_ in your post goes away when the edit window closes, but if you kept a tab open for the page it goes to, that page can be renewed, any buttons clicked on, etc. long after the edit window closed. Not that it does you any good, since there’s no way, from that page, to re-edit your post again. No edit-window loophole exists. Let’s try something else that suggests itself… And if you saved it as a bookmark, it still works hours later. I’m still curious about something, though. Am I the only non-mod who can access that page for _my_ edited post, or can anyone else get to [this page](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/posthistory.php?do=list&p=15184506)? ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2012, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-of-edited-posts-someone-else-post-too/625672/14 "2012-06-20T05:55:25Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > Also - great “Sneakers” reference, though I think it was “no more secrets”. And what I tried with this post, that didn’t work, worked when I tried it for my first post in this thread, so it _does_ work for all of your _own_ edited posts, but does _not_ work to see _other_ people’s edited posts. So no, there isn’t an easy, sneaky way for us peons to gain modlike powers to view people’s original posts after they’ve edited them. FTR, mods, if it had been successful, I would have told you about it, and how I did it, so you could close the security hole, had it actually existed. I’m not _really_ evil, I just play it on TV, or message-boards, as the case may be… ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2012, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-of-edited-posts-someone-else-post-too/625672/15 "2012-06-20T06:31:00Z")
Hmmm… Just thought of something else. ETA: Let’s try it. ETAA: yes it works, but it’s trivial, useless, and uninteresting. ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2012, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-of-edited-posts-someone-else-post-too/625672/16 "2012-06-20T12:25:02Z")
> [@Cheshire\_Human](#): > > Don’t want to taint anyone with advanced knowledge… [Butthead]You said taint. huh huh huh[/butthead] ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2012, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-of-edited-posts-someone-else-post-too/625672/17 "2012-06-20T13:36:05Z")
> [@Cheshire\_Human](#): > > It wasn’t a reference to that, because I have no idea what you are referring to. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/F5bAa6gFvLs/maxresdefault.jpg "Sneakers (4/9) Movie CLIP - No More Secrets (1992) HD") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5bAa6gFvLs) ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2012, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-of-edited-posts-someone-else-post-too/625672/18 "2012-06-20T13:43:28Z")
, too. ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2012, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-of-edited-posts-someone-else-post-too/625672/19 "2012-06-20T15:34:22Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5bAa6gFvLs](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5bAa6gFvLs) Interesting. I might go look for that movie sometime… ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2012, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-of-edited-posts-someone-else-post-too/625672/20 "2012-06-20T18:28:44Z")
It’s a great movie, with a fantastic cast. It works best as a heist movie, and some of the technology is pretty funny - you just have to remember that it was all crazy James Bond-level tech at the time. But seriously - Redford, Kingsley, River Phoenix, Ackroyd, _ **Poitier** _?!? Plus bonus appearances by Timothy Busfield, Mary McDonnell, Steven Tobolowsky and James Earl Jones? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-of-edited-posts-someone-else-post-too/625672.md?page=2)