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Location: Phoenix AZ | Seems the site now has a limit on the time you have to edit a post (after posting it). Can't go back and delete or change stuff you wrote more than a few hours ago? Has anyone else noticed this?
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Location: closely held secret | Probably two hours - I think that's the average time it takes you to realize you've made an ass of yourself. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | takes me a lot longer than that... |
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| I know that well!!!!... ILL have to remember not to pass out before I delete or edit... Thats if I remember posting in the first place.. ??? Hurry up and read this before I delete it !!!!!!!!! |
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Location: closely held secret | Originally posted by Jeff W.:
takes me a lot longer than that... That's funny... we usually notice right away. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Heh, time zone thing, I guess. |
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Location: Upper Left USA | So its like writing your initials in wet concrete. No next day spellchecks.
I think I remember Miles discussing this and it seems to be a good thing. |
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Location: closely held secret | Also means you can't go back and delete them. Now I can't reduce my post count back to 5000 so I can have the celebration I would have had, had I noticed.
I wonder if you go back and edit it every 55 minutes or so, can you keep it alive? |
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Location: south east Michigan | Dave... see the "ghost in the machine" thread a little ways down.
Maybe I shouldn't make my topic line so obscure. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | I thought your post was about the Police LP ??? |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Originally posted by Jeff W.:
takes me a lot longer than that... Jeff, just assume you did and then you don't have to worry about it. (Not that you worried anyway.) |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Originally posted by Jeff W.:
takes me a lot longer than that... Jeff, just assume you did and then you don't have to worry about it. (Not that you worried anyway.) |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Proactive, eh. I like that. |
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Location: south east Michigan | Originally posted by MWoody:
I think I remember Miles discussing this and it seems to be a good thing. What's good about it??? |
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Location: NJ | Miles changed the limit to unlimited to an undisclosed lenth of time.
the reason is that many people were posting then deleting posts and then accusing myself or miles of editing collusion petty thieft arson etc etc etc.
as a result, these folks that feel they want to hit and run the board and then stir up the pot will no longer be able to do that.
I for one, feel it is long overdue. |
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Location: south east Michigan | Ahh... that makes sense.
Though it's to bad it had to come to that.
From what I can tell the window of opportunity to change your post is just a couple of minutes.
I am always surprised at the spelling and grammer errors that I do not catch the first time around.
I had a bad habit of writting in Yoda speech.
But gotten better I have. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | I hit the Add Reply twice as you can see in my duplicate posts. When I tried to delete my post, it said I couldn't. Now it says my edit time has expired. |
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Location: NJ | other crimes and misdemeanors I have been accused of:
war crimes against God man and state.
treason
sloth glottany wrath envy lust avarice pride
being a member of the communist party
ripping the tags from pillows and mattresses (under penalty of the law)
minor traffic violations
overtime parking
loitering
loud noise (music)
loud muffler
loud clothes
double dipping in the salsa
burping in public
driving in excess of the speed limit
throwing out junk mail that is misdelivered to my home |
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Location: Round Rock, TX | But at least no one's accused you of BUMPing a thread. |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Originally posted by alpep:
Miles changed the limit to unlimited to an undisclosed lenth of time.
the reason is that many people were posting then deleting posts and then accusing myself or miles of editing collusion petty thieft arson etc etc etc.
as a result, these folks that feel they want to hit and run the board and then stir up the pot will no longer be able to do that.
I for one, feel it is long overdue. Yeah... But there are people like me, who come back, read what I posted yesterday and say, "What was I thinking? I sound like a total idiot!" and try to edit. Face-saving measure... |
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Location: Sunshine State, Australia | Al and Miles, if you say you don't edit or delete posts, I for one believe you. I'm sure the majority of members would agree.
I don't like losing the opportunity to correct myself, which I do A LOT, like Old Man Arthur and others.
This is gonna bump everyone's post count through the roof.
I REALLY don't like this! |
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Location: Sunshine State, Australia | Originally posted by alpep:
Miles changed the limit to unlimited to an undisclosed lenth of time.
the reason is that many people were posting then deleting posts and then accusing myself or miles of editing collusion petty thieft arson etc etc etc.
as a result, these folks that feel they want to hit and run the board and then stir up the pot will no longer be able to do that.
I for one, feel it is long overdue. So you're letting these 'folks' run the board, then? |
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Location: big island | sometimes the words we speak or type, whether uplifting or not, can be like all the feathers in a goose down pillow that has been opened and scattered with the breeze. you'll never be able to recapture all of them. at least here, i had been able to edit or delete posts where i probably should have put more thought into them before hitting the add reply button. i've also been able to delete duplicate posts.
i suppose the caveat here is that i will measure my words more carefully in the future. i ain't too worried about spelling. i won my 8th grade spelling bee championship and other than the word, "caveat", i don't use many words that 8th grade and under readers won't recognize. (it's you older codgers i gotta worry about!)
(...now proofreading and measuring my words...hmmm...nothing offensive, unless "older codgers" is too heavy... could capitalize appropriately...nah, no need...all is well...hit reply button now...) |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | I have to agree with Miles and Al. Allowing people free reign to post what ever they want, and then have the ability for them to delete it after the damage is already done is probably not a good thing. 99.9% of us play nice, but there have been a few instances of abuse. Dave |
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What's changed with editing posts ???
