Sales threads are another good example of why we should be able to edit these posts indefinitely.
Furthermore, we were never told about this new rule and had to figure it out ourselves. In any setting where new rules are imposed--schools, workplaces, etc--there should always be some announcement about this. To me, and probably many others on this board, the lack of communication here represents a problem for those of us who want to go back and edit our posts.
The old system never really had any problems. There were a few isolated threads in which flame wars occurred but there were also plenty of honest threads. An easier solution would have been to take editing privileges away from those involved in the frame war for a time (perhaps two weeks).
While I appreciate all that our moderators do to keep this forum active I do not feel the need to go through a middleman to change something that needs updated or edited for clarity. This is something that I liked about the old system and something I used a few times in my sales and compact Mac CRT threads. I also feel that it is the duty of the moderators to communicate these new rules to us and that this ban on editing should be lifted since it was never explained to us.
My proposal is that we go by the honors system and that if a poster becomes a problem he or she will lose their editing privileges for a short time. On the second offense, these privileges are revoked permanently. To my fellow board members--what do you think of this system?
Furthermore, we were never told about this new rule and had to figure it out ourselves. In any setting where new rules are imposed--schools, workplaces, etc--there should always be some announcement about this. To me, and probably many others on this board, the lack of communication here represents a problem for those of us who want to go back and edit our posts.
The old system never really had any problems. There were a few isolated threads in which flame wars occurred but there were also plenty of honest threads. An easier solution would have been to take editing privileges away from those involved in the frame war for a time (perhaps two weeks).
While I appreciate all that our moderators do to keep this forum active I do not feel the need to go through a middleman to change something that needs updated or edited for clarity. This is something that I liked about the old system and something I used a few times in my sales and compact Mac CRT threads. I also feel that it is the duty of the moderators to communicate these new rules to us and that this ban on editing should be lifted since it was never explained to us.
My proposal is that we go by the honors system and that if a poster becomes a problem he or she will lose their editing privileges for a short time. On the second offense, these privileges are revoked permanently. To my fellow board members--what do you think of this system?