23 replies to this topic

[xboxrulz]

I think we should put back the EDIT your own post button so we can fix mistakes and the delete your own post button just incase we double posted. This would help the admins and moderators alot.

xboxrulz

[Dooga]

I agree that the delete button should be put back, but the edit button is possible to be abused. However, deleting your own posts means that you lose MORE hosting credits that you recieved.

[snlildude87]

I've been meaning to suggest this for a long time, but you beat me to it!

I agree, the edit button should be put back because sometimes, even after checking your own post, there is somehow a spelling error, grammatical error, or any other errors that are unfixed.

Or when you read your own post after posting, you realized that you didn't make a good point or explain your problem clearly, but you can't go back and edit because the edit button is not there.

[Solar]

I concur. I accidentaly double posted and I was looking for my delete button everywhere.

"Where is it? WHERE?!"

[xboxrulz]

Dooga, how can editing your own post be an abuse?

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[Hamtaro]

I'm not Dooga, but I think I can answer that for you:
I think someone on one of the forums (Possibly NilsC or OpaQue, maybe someone else) said that some people abused the edit button byediting posts so they could increase their hosting credits. That's why it was removed.

[whyme]

The edit button gets abused like this:

1. A member makes a HUGE post consisting a a huge chunk of text that copied from a site.

2. The credit system gives him 10 credits for this huge post.

3. problem is, this post is completely irrelevant to the topic.

4. but with the edit button, the member can then remove the post after he's got his credits.

If everyone did this, then trap17 would be dommed.

so this is really for the security of trap17and it's members. The moderators and admins know that mistakes fo happen, so we usually don't penalize you for double posting unless it's something that happens all the time.

[Hamtaro]

Hmm..I was close. I can understand why it was removed. It can be annoying, though. I hate it when a few people abuse a priviledge, then it gets taken away. That's life, though. I usually try to check what I type before I send it, but sometimes, but we all miss our mistakes, and send something that doesn't sound right...

[whyme]

we all would have wanted to give every member the fullest control on the forum, but because a select few have abused this privilldge, the edit button has to be taken down

[Dragonfly]

Ok IC. I've been wondering why there's no edit button and didn't have ask for it so far. My posts have many spelling error which I really wanted to edit them. I could never imagine that edit button could be abused. If that's the case I agree with you pulling down the button. Thanks for the info.