I want to let everyone know that we have a new "View previous versions" feature.
You can still edit your post and remove/change its content but now once your post has been edited all members can retrieve its previous content. The new edited post format is:
"Edited on 'date' at 'time' · View previous versions"
This was implemented to decrease confusion when reading long threads. Sometimes members would radically change the content of their posts causing a disruption of the logical flow. Some examples of this are when they remove the entire content or replace it with "Deleted" or "...".
With this change, if you want clarification, you may see the previous version(s) by clicking on the link.
John P Mulgrew wrote:
Great Fred now when I choose to edit because of spelling mistakes people will be able to see. I think that's a feature that we don't need.
Unfortunately I edit a LOT because of mistakes
I agree...I go back a lot to fix speelling errors and sometimes just tighten up thoughts...but not change them, is this really a problem? Anyway, if someone wants to change what they said, so be it...why not just let them. Now people will go back and see what someone said and wants to take back...hmmm, not sure I like it.
OK, so now I just added to this post and it says I edited it...no, I don't like this feature...sorry. It is a distraction, not a help, IMO.
If you are going to do this, we need the option to simply delete posts as well.
I'm just going to end up posting a lot less if I have to know that it is just right before sending. Internet forums are not like writing a business letter...it is more of a conversation that does not take a lot of time to do. If I have to check everything I type before I send it, there will be a lot less appeal to doing it in the first place...IMO.
And really, so what if someone wants to change an earlier post? 9 times out of 10 it is better to change it...why do we want to discourage this
In fact, I don't even care if someone edits the post...what is useful about knowing that? Sorry, don't mean to be argumentative, but I don't want to have to work at posting nor be distracted by knowing that people changed a post...and especially with ability to see the changes made.
John P Mulgrew wrote:
Great Fred now when I choose to edit because of spelling mistakes people will be able to see. I think that's a feature that we don't need.
Unfortunately I edit a LOT because of mistakes
I misspell a lot of words too!
Members have to intentionally check your previous post by clicking on the specific link. They probable won't even check unless they need clarification due to a radical change in the original post.
MSC wrote:
And really, so what if someone wants to change an earlier post? 9 times out of 10 it is better to change it...why do we want to discourage this
In fact, I don't even care if someone edits the post...what is useful about knowing that? Sorry, don't mean to be argumentative, but I don't want to have to work at posting nor be distracted by knowing that people changed a post...and especially with ability to see the changes made.
Ugh.
This is a very small feature. Previously when editing your post, you would still see the
"Edited by..." message. The only difference is to be able to keep the original(s) for reference. Members will only check on previous versionst if they take the extra step of clicking on the 'link'.
Usually people will only click on the link if it's pretty obvious the content was either erased or changed radically. I don't think members will waste time checking your edits for minor changes. We all make small edits from time to time.
Also, we don't allow deletion for the same reason we added this feature. On big threads, the flow gets disrupted when members delete or radically edit earlier posts...
I think it's a great feature. It seems that more and more people make some radical or goofy post, then when people are coming down on the OP in the thread, the OP goes back and deletes that they originally said.
Well I'm not going to fuss much more about this...but really, I just don't see the problem that everyone else is. I'm on this forum as much or more than most people and I don't recall ever seeing anyone dramatically change a post. I do sometimes to tone down a thought that was too harsh now and then. Or to add a comment or add context or add an additional thought---like this one for example (see edit histroy). If other people are doing this too, good grief, let them do it. But more often than not, it is because I type something quickly and hit send. Maybe later I'll happen to re-read it and notice some mistakes, typos, etc...and go back to change it.
How about this, can we have a real preview/edit feature with a real spell checker?
Shane, I always appreciate your feedback!
When you insist on something, I know that the job is not 100% complete.
A small change was made to this feature. Now the 'previous version' is recorded only if the edited message was not the last.
So when people input a new message, and see some typo, they fix it. This won't be recorded.
However if the message is not the last - another message exists later in the thread - the change is recorded.
That is close to the previous behavior and I'm hoping it may be a compromise.
THis is a great feature. I have seen quite a few threads that are upsetting and confusing because someone will post something that stirs up feelings, and then change or delete it.
The new aspect is fine, but I wouldn't have minded if people wanted to click and see my typos!
