# We can edit? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [January 19, 2007, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-can-edit/388609 "2007-01-19T19:44:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2007, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-can-edit/388609/41 "2007-01-20T08:12:10Z")
[QUOTE=Hilarity N. Suze] Well, you aren’t supposed to CHANGE another’s post, are you? That’s really going to muddy things. [/QUOTE] Not sure if I’m being whooshed or not, but I’ll go ahead and clarify that that’s my point. ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Barchetta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/da6949/32.png) [@Red\_Barchetta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Barchetta)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2007, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-can-edit/388609/42 "2007-01-20T09:03:44Z")
test for self- editing WOO! IT’S REAL, IT’S REALLY REAL. WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2007, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-can-edit/388609/43 "2007-01-20T11:11:26Z")
Five minutes to [edit in the blank]. ---
**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2007, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-can-edit/388609/44 "2007-01-20T11:25:15Z")
I just want to join in the fun. Interesting. Very interesting. ---
**Author:** ![XJETGIRLX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9fc29f/32.png) [@XJETGIRLX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XJETGIRLX)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2007, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-can-edit/388609/45 "2007-01-20T13:55:35Z")
Me too! ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2007, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-can-edit/388609/46 "2007-01-20T14:01:25Z")
[QUOTE=Hilarity N. Suze] Well, you aren’t supposed to CHANGE another’s post, are you? That’s really going to muddy things. [/QUOTE] The point is that, if you can edit the quotes, and edit the posts themselves, who is to say which actually happened, especially since the post edited tag doesn’t always get appended. Without an edit feature, if someone “misquoted” someone else, it was patently obvious. Now, it won’t be. Personally, I’ll wait and see what happens before forming judgment. I’ve been on plenty of other MB’s where it wasn’t a problem, that is, editing your posts was possible and it didn’t produce wars over edited words. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2007, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-can-edit/388609/47 "2007-01-20T14:28:07Z")
[QUOTE=DSYoungEsq] who is to say which actually happened, [/QUOTE] If NoClue calls me a dukey butt, I’ll be sure and wait five minutes before I call him on it. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2007, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-can-edit/388609/48 "2007-01-20T14:42:45Z")
Can I edit the reason for editing? Let’s see: Yup, but I only get One ‘Last edited’ line. ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2007, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-can-edit/388609/49 "2007-01-20T14:47:26Z")
I wonder if I can sit here all morning and change my post every 4 minutes? Does the ‘Edit’ clock run from the first post, or from the last edit? ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2007, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-can-edit/388609/50 "2007-01-20T14:54:33Z")
[QUOTE=Squink] Does the ‘Edit’ clock run from the first post, or from the last edit? [/QUOTE] It runs from the first post. ---
**Author:** ![chappachula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2007, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-can-edit/388609/51 "2007-01-20T14:56:08Z")
okay, I’m game… but this is all new to me—if we can now edit our posts, why isn’t there A HUGE BIG BANNER SOMEWHERE INFORMING US OF OUR NEW RIGHTS? I only opened the ABTMB forum by mistake, otherwise, I’d never have known about it. and how do you do it, anyway… where’s the “edit” button? 1 minute later: ooohh-um, NOW, I get it…you post and the “Edit” button shows up all by itself, just like magic…neato, cool… 4 minutes later: but there’s no message saying “this was edited”. Over on the Something Awful boards, a little note shows up saying "this message was f\*ucked around with by the author " ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2007, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-can-edit/388609/52 "2007-01-20T14:56:50Z")
[QUOTE=Squink] I wonder if I can sit here all morning and change my post every 4 minutes? [/QUOTE] Dang, Squink, there is a upper level position for you in the organization I work for. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2007, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-can-edit/388609/53 "2007-01-20T14:57:54Z")
[QUOTE=chappachula] why isn’t there A HUGE BIG BANNER SOMEWHERE INFORMING US OF OUR NEW RIGHTS? [/QUOTE] I was given to understand that some of us…Didn’t they tell you? ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2007, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-can-edit/388609/54 "2007-01-20T15:05:00Z")
[QUOTE=chappachula] 4 minutes later: but there’s no message saying “this was edited”. [/quote] If no one has looked at your post between the time you first wrote it and last edited it, that message doesn’t appear. And why should it? What would be the diff between your editing it offline, where no one else sees it either, then posting the final version? ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2007, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-can-edit/388609/55 "2007-01-20T15:09:43Z")
[QUOTE=Musicat] If no one has looked at your post between the time you first wrote it and last edited it, [/QUOTE] Ah, but I obviously did, having quoted it some sixty seconds later. Maybe it’s a Socket Puppet Thing. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2007, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-can-edit/388609/56 "2007-01-20T15:16:39Z")
I haven’t tested it, but read what others are saying, especially post #8 in this thread: [http://208.100.26.199/sdmb/showthread.php?t=404741](http://208.100.26.199/sdmb/showthread.php?t=404741) ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2007, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-can-edit/388609/57 "2007-01-20T15:18:52Z")
Ok, let’s test it again. Very well, it asked me for the reason and I left it blank. I still think it’s a sock puppet thing. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2007, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-can-edit/388609/58 "2007-01-20T20:06:42Z")
[QUOTE=silenus] I think that will become the new SOP in GD, the Pit, and flameouts. Quote the OP in its entirety, just to guarantee it doesn’t disappear. . [/QUOTE] You know, if some dude posts something in haste, something that he realizes in horror _less than five minutes later_ he really didn’t mean to say- who cares whether or not it “disappears”? I say it’s better that it does. Stops endless childish squabbles over “well you said _this_” “Well, I didn’t mean _that_, I meant this, and that should be obvious in context” “Well, you\* said\* this” “look, that’s not what I meant and I have since clarified it three times now”, “Well, _you_ said this”… and on _ad naseum._ :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2007, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-can-edit/388609/59 "2007-01-20T22:43:10Z")
This is not a good idea. Sure it is. ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2007, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-can-edit/388609/60 "2007-01-20T23:01:52Z")
[QUOTE=ElvisL1ves] This is not a good idea. Sure it is. [/QUOTE] Make up your minds. 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-can-edit/388609.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-can-edit/388609.md?page=4)