dgalbraith100
Recycles dryer sheets
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- Feb 1, 2006
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My idea is of course complex to implement, but...
I would like to see a merging of the 15 minute rule and the allow to edit forever. I think you should be allowed to edit for 15 minutes/30 minutes/2 hours/whatever with no record left of your edit, but I think you should be allowed to edit forever BUT your edit leaves a track.
Once your trackless edit window expires, your edits shows up in the thread with a warning that this post has been edited. Then if the reader chooses to, he can follow the edits down and see what was originally posted. (So if I'm reading a thread I can see that Joe posted a correction to his statement, and I don't need to see that what his original post was, because I know Joe, and I trust he isn't trying to cover something up, he is just fixing a typo, misspelling, nothing mallicious... but if John changes his post to "cover up", I can see what he originally said and know he is just trying to BS us.)
If somebody chooses to delete their post after the "hidden window", then in initial viewing of the thread the post shows up as:
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Post by XXX deleted on YYY date.
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and a link that allows somebody to view the underlying post. Then if I know its John who deleted his post, I don't need to bother to dig deeper cause I know its just a BS post anyway.
I'd also allow "undeletes" as well, but that leaves a track as well:
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Post by XXX deleted on YYY date.
Post by XXX undeleted on YYY date.
Post...
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Just my random thoughts.
Read this quick, maybe in 14 minutes I'll delete it, oh and sorry "John", didn't mean to pick on you.
-d.
I would like to see a merging of the 15 minute rule and the allow to edit forever. I think you should be allowed to edit for 15 minutes/30 minutes/2 hours/whatever with no record left of your edit, but I think you should be allowed to edit forever BUT your edit leaves a track.
Once your trackless edit window expires, your edits shows up in the thread with a warning that this post has been edited. Then if the reader chooses to, he can follow the edits down and see what was originally posted. (So if I'm reading a thread I can see that Joe posted a correction to his statement, and I don't need to see that what his original post was, because I know Joe, and I trust he isn't trying to cover something up, he is just fixing a typo, misspelling, nothing mallicious... but if John changes his post to "cover up", I can see what he originally said and know he is just trying to BS us.)
If somebody chooses to delete their post after the "hidden window", then in initial viewing of the thread the post shows up as:
----
Post by XXX deleted on YYY date.
----
and a link that allows somebody to view the underlying post. Then if I know its John who deleted his post, I don't need to bother to dig deeper cause I know its just a BS post anyway.
I'd also allow "undeletes" as well, but that leaves a track as well:
----
Post by XXX deleted on YYY date.
Post by XXX undeleted on YYY date.
Post...
----
Just my random thoughts.
Read this quick, maybe in 14 minutes I'll delete it, oh and sorry "John", didn't mean to pick on you.
-d.