ET: Nope I did want that feature at one time, but now understand the reason for making them non editable...
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I don't remember what reason John Robinson gave for not allowing poster editing of their own posts. If you do, please remind me.
IF you are unaware, John Robinson is primarily responsible for the marvelous software that is FREEREPUBLIC.COM
Jim noted in Cortez that the sofware is not polished enough for sale to other sites. He should know better than I. I just know that of a vast number of other sites I've visited and a large number I've posted on . . .
FREEREPUBLIC.COM IS BY FAR, BY VERY FAR, THE BEST; EASIEST NAVIGATED; EASIEST ON THE EYES TO READ; MOST USER FRIENDLY; MOST QUICKLY GRASPED AND MADE USE OF; MOST SENSIBLE RANGE OF OPTIONS; . . . I could go on and on. imho, other sites are stupid for not beating John's door down to purchase the latest version--regardless of how unrefined it may be.
Yeah, I've enjoyed sites that allow one to edit one's posts. There are many reasons that would be handy. Lots of us tend to think best in iterations of after thoughts. But it's not a 'fix everything' issue.
Yeah, sites that have an IGNORE feature make ignoring easier but my brain and will power can work sufficiently well at that.
To me, a feature that allowed editing of one's own posts for 24-72 hours would be great and would allow more polished or at least more accurate archives in terms of original intent of posters. I think that would help the forum and at least the Conservative cause and the Republic. Especially in those cases where a thread or a post gets trotted around a number of news and other conservative sites.
But I think that John does a wonderful job amidst 10's of thousands of differing opinions on what site-software heaven is. He has nothing but my great admiration and wholesale praise.
Perhaps that's a 150 lb response to a 1.5 gram stimulus, Echo Talon . . . one of my habits, I guess.
If someone posts something it can not be disputed what he posted or WHEN it was posted, I was a lurker during the MemoGate deal, and remember when the newspapers were trying to say that Buchhead made the claim just minutes after the report or something? well... since FR does NOT have an edit feature, it was indisputable when he posted it, the newspapers got the time zones wrong...