http://www.idkfa.com/v3 idkfa: syndicated http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=774&msg_id=857 So... we're punishing Josh... for trying to model a real conversation... in a program he wrote on his spare time... of which, providing in it a feature you've never had before... and making it manageable from a user and administrative perspective... This is why God doesn't talk to us anymore. kaiden@idkfa.com (kaiden) idkfa Thu, 30 Sep 2010 19:23:08 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=774&msg_id=857 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=774&msg_id=856 I like this rule. Too bad I won't see Josh until October's pretty much over. You'll have to keep track, Mike. Put a bug on him or something. Scrotor@idkfa.com (Scrotor) idkfa Thu, 30 Sep 2010 18:26:05 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=774&msg_id=856 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=774&msg_id=854 Yeah, yeah. kaiden@idkfa.com (kaiden) idkfa Thu, 30 Sep 2010 17:07:03 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=774&msg_id=854 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=774&msg_id=851 ...people can't edit what they say once they've said it. Starting in the month of October, Josh can only correct himself in verbal conversation five times per calendar month. After that, whatever was said first I will take verbatim and remember as gospel. Green Man@idkfa.com (Green Man) idkfa Thu, 30 Sep 2010 15:48:54 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=774&msg_id=851 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=774&msg_id=788 Uh, right... kaiden@idkfa.com (kaiden) idkfa Tue, 28 Sep 2010 17:00:03 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=774&msg_id=788 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=774&msg_id=786 I like #3 and #4 the bestest. So a combination thereof will be implemented anon. Carry forth, Joshus! Scrotor@idkfa.com (Scrotor) idkfa Tue, 28 Sep 2010 16:56:38 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=774&msg_id=786 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=774&msg_id=778 Other forums I've seen handle it in a few ways: - Allow users to edit any post, without limitation. This is sort of a bad design, even if a good idea. In previous version of idkfa, the logic against this was that people could go back and change their points, their wording, whatever they needed to invalidate the points made in a later reply. If somebody's really trying to hold a good debate, this would be infuriating, and would be hard to track down, and would take away from what was supposed to be discussed. More argument against it would be that people wouldn't so much give a shit what they post if they can just go back and fix it. It also sort of goes against what the model of a conversation is like: people can't edit what they say once they've said it. - Allow moderators to edit / delete posts Previous version of idkfa allowed deletion of posts by members of the Moderator group. This worked, sort of, but caused a lot of drama, not only on the "What was deleted?" front, but more destructively when somebody posts something, somebody else sees it, suddenly disappears, and everybody hears about it anyway. Allowing one person, even myself, the ability to edit something brings into suspicion the legitimacy of what people posted. People are forced to trust me, and I try to be a good custodian of people's writing (I take the Gabe approach: "Tough, but Fair"). I edit things when people ask me to, and the reasons are usually good (maintaining one's privacy, etc.). But it doesn't scale well. Larger forums have dozens of moderators, usually one per section. It again creates drama, starting with jealousy at not being a moderator, and also because people have different opinions on what should and shouldn't be posted, and who should or shouldn't be a moderator. I purposely left out most of the original "privilege" features from previous idkfa in lieu of simplifying the kaiden@idkfa.com (kaiden) idkfa Tue, 28 Sep 2010 03:06:02 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=774&msg_id=778 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=774&msg_id=776 Not so much. Hard to manage, and rife for abuse. Open to ideas, though. kaiden@idkfa.com (kaiden) idkfa Tue, 28 Sep 2010 01:16:36 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=774&msg_id=776 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=774&msg_id=774 So, is there a way to edit posts? I would like to be able to edit asinine grammatical/spelling errors, if possible. Scrotor@idkfa.com (Scrotor) idkfa Tue, 28 Sep 2010 00:55:05 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=774&msg_id=774