RE: Regarding the post edit time limit of absolute Doom
August 10, 2017 at 11:40 pm
(This post was last modified: August 10, 2017 at 11:41 pm by Autumnlicious.)
We don't have any implementation that would be able to characterize the difference between minor corrections and major changes.
If we did, it would make sense that the edit limits would apply against major changes - grammar edits are rather harmless. Since we don't have that, we affix a time limit to post edits to keep it as fair as we can make it. That's why it's an absolute limit for any and all edits.
An indefinite edit limit won't work here - we had some incidents of posters blanking their posts to disrupt the forum. And we found out the hard way that one hour wasn't enough for most cases of post edits. Two hours became a happy medium.
I trust this clears things up.
We don't have a way to unlock a post for editing from the user, only edit it ourselves. That won't scale - so we only edit posts when the rules allow/require it. The software does not have the flexibility that would mitigate the issues you dislike.
If we did, it would make sense that the edit limits would apply against major changes - grammar edits are rather harmless. Since we don't have that, we affix a time limit to post edits to keep it as fair as we can make it. That's why it's an absolute limit for any and all edits.
An indefinite edit limit won't work here - we had some incidents of posters blanking their posts to disrupt the forum. And we found out the hard way that one hour wasn't enough for most cases of post edits. Two hours became a happy medium.
I trust this clears things up.
We don't have a way to unlock a post for editing from the user, only edit it ourselves. That won't scale - so we only edit posts when the rules allow/require it. The software does not have the flexibility that would mitigate the issues you dislike.
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