# Why Only ~5 minutes to Edit Post **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [February 19, 2011, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-only-5-minutes-to-edit-post/571942 "2011-02-19T22:34:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 84
**Author:** ![NCDane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecccb3/32.png) [@NCDane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NCDane)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2011, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-only-5-minutes-to-edit-post/571942/84 "2011-02-20T19:03:29Z")
> [@Hennessy](#): > > Only ignorance here is someone who is no one at this board to argue the rules of this board. Isn’t there a rule for having two user names anyway? (don’t check my ip) > > "Original Thread 1 “Jay” 4:!3 P.M -------- **Edit to change** 4:18 P.M > > Blue is a warm color ----------------------- **Blue is a cool color** > > Thread 2 “Eric” 4:16 P.M > > Actually, blue is a cool color > > Thread 3 " Susan" 4:30 P.M > > He said it was blue…" > > That was within 5 minutes and there is already confusion. If you imagine 30 minutes as the window, the confusion percentage goes up. Just leave it at that > Find something that actually matters to you and go find someone to argue with in the argue-able forums. I have never seen anything such as you describe elswhere, not even once, in seven years of hanging out in these places 300 days a year minimum. That enough esperience for me to conclude that the scenario you have posted above is what might kindly be termed a “red herring”. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-only-5-minutes-to-edit-post/571942)._