# What happened in this thread (OP edited, making my response irrelevant) **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [August 23, 2022, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-in-this-thread-op-edited-making-my-response-irrelevant/970189 "2022-08-23T21:34:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2022, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-in-this-thread-op-edited-making-my-response-irrelevant/970189/1 "2022-08-23T21:34:08Z")
> [@Tar roofs causing global warming](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tar-roofs-causing-global-warming/970182): > > okay, so here it goes. My aunt and uncle had an earth house in Michigan NY that was completely underground. It didn’t contribute to heating up the global temperature because it was completely underground. When it snowed, there was a white blanket over the top of their dwelling. Could this be the solution to the global warming phenomenon? The original OP was just a one line question about whether tar roofs are the cause of global warming, followed by the mod note, and my response about tar roofs. Then somehow the OP was changed to the current question about underground homes. Now my response just looks stupid, but that’s not my question. How did the OP get changed? Why was that allowed when there was already a response to the original (flawed) question? ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2022, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-in-this-thread-op-edited-making-my-response-irrelevant/970189/2 "2022-08-23T21:36:57Z")
The OP changed it themselves within the edit window, I assume in response to my modnote. * * * * * * We have a new user learning how the SDMB works and its culture. I’m glad they went back at added to their OP. It makes for a much better thread. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2022, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-in-this-thread-op-edited-making-my-response-irrelevant/970189/3 "2022-08-23T23:12:30Z")
Is the edit window still 5 minutes? I’m surprised that all that was able to happen in that amount of time. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2022, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-in-this-thread-op-edited-making-my-response-irrelevant/970189/4 "2022-08-23T23:18:13Z")
It’s longer, I think 15 minutes, but I’m not sure. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2022, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-in-this-thread-op-edited-making-my-response-irrelevant/970189/5 "2022-08-23T23:19:45Z")
Is there someone who does know? I think lots of us would be interested. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2022, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-in-this-thread-op-edited-making-my-response-irrelevant/970189/6 "2022-08-23T23:48:26Z")
It’s 15 minutes. I’m not an administrator, just a poster who has edited his posts 15 minutes after making them. If you edit within 5 minutes, there is no notice that the post was edited. If you edit after 5 minutes, then you get the little marker notifying people that it was edited. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2022, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-in-this-thread-op-edited-making-my-response-irrelevant/970189/7 "2022-08-24T03:20:03Z")
Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2022, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-in-this-thread-op-edited-making-my-response-irrelevant/970189/8 "2022-08-24T18:01:13Z")
If you edit more than once, does each edit reset the timer? ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2022, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-in-this-thread-op-edited-making-my-response-irrelevant/970189/9 "2022-08-24T18:12:58Z")
I don’t believe so. I’m pretty sure that it’s 15 minutes from when the original version of the post was made. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2022, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-in-this-thread-op-edited-making-my-response-irrelevant/970189/10 "2022-08-24T18:42:42Z")
It does not. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2022, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-in-this-thread-op-edited-making-my-response-irrelevant/970189/11 "2022-08-24T19:03:56Z")
No it doesn’t.