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TreAdidas
07-07-2006, 04:23 PM
Sooo just out of curiosity, why can't we edit our own posts for longer than 30 or 60 minutes?

I do at times change my mind and think that I should not have said something. I mean I'm not the president. I do acknowledge that I could have at one point been wrong and then opt to change my mind.

Also...

If you're trying to correct typographical errors after the fact, you can't.

If you're trying to change the time a ride is meeting on the frist post of the thread two days after you started it, you can't.

If you want to change the route of a ride, you can't.

If you want to change the meeting place of a ride, you can't.

If you want to change the time we're going to Pizza Port on Thursday, you can't.

If you accidentally enter the wrong date and weekday combination on the subject line of your thread, then realize that it's messed up three hours later and you want to change it, you can't. Example: "Ride Sunday July 7, 2006." Everyone is going dude Sunday ain't on the 7th, and as Hypercycles currently has it, you're locked into looking like a moron for eternity.


Then again I do find the not being able to edit posts feature useful. For instance if someone says "I never said that" then you can go and look up the post where they did say that and then quote it and they're helpless to change it. Not that I've ever done that. :whistle:

So while the post edit lockdown of 2006 is not without its benefits, I am proposing a longer cool down period.

I am proposing a new limit of 7 days. That would give you plenty of time to change your mind about something, be it an off color comment, a ride route, or what you want for dinner with the homies that particular night, before it is locked into Hypercycles history.

bex
07-07-2006, 04:30 PM
I agree.. well said!

MrCrashRR
07-07-2006, 04:46 PM
+1...

Jae
07-07-2006, 04:51 PM
Your thoughts are noted. We have increased the timeout period to two days. I caution the members not to change their posts too often as it leads to confusion with other members and for the moderators as well. It is precisely for history of posts that we do not allow the posts to be changed. The two day period will be used as a trial. Changes that need to be made after the two day period should be directed to your neighborhood moderator. Thank you.

CjrJAM
07-07-2006, 10:01 PM
I agree.. well said!
Of course you're gonna agree...lol I agree also
HEY what happened to my electric blue name? No mo vets?

Jae
07-07-2006, 10:51 PM
We have put a temporary hiatus on the vet blueness. PM me for more info.