Why there is no edit button.

Quoted from Ross on the Old BBS:

"I'm still not convinced that an "edit" feature is worthwhile. It allows too much flip-flopping of opinion; I like the sence of permanence that comes with hitting "Post it". There are certain things that, in my mind, shouldn't have an "undo" feature, and a message board is one of them. It encourages people to choose their words carefully and take responsibility what they say, instead of living fast and loose with the knowledge that they can fix it later."

[Bungled]

At 7/15/02 12:49 AM, Pokecreations wrote: Quoted from Ross on the Old BBS:

"I'm still not convinced that an "edit" feature is worthwhile. It allows too much flip-flopping of opinion; I like the sence of permanence that comes with hitting "Post it". There are certain things that, in my mind, shouldn't have an "undo" feature, and a message board is one of them. It encourages people to choose their words carefully and take responsibility what they say, instead of living fast and loose with the knowledge that they can fix it later."

That's true

[Tomorrows-Nobody]

At 7/15/02 12:49 AM, Pokecreations wrote: Quoted from Ross on the Old BBS:

"I'm still not convinced that an "edit" feature is worthwhile. It allows too much flip-flopping of opinion; I like the sence of permanence that comes with hitting "Post it". There are certain things that, in my mind, shouldn't have an "undo" feature, and a message board is one of them. It encourages people to choose their words carefully and take responsibility what they say, instead of living fast and loose with the knowledge that they can fix it later."

Maybe.. but I HATE spelling mistakes, especially when i make them, and itd be nice to fix them. Also Ill screw up something in a past post, and rather than just being able to fix the post, I have to make another.. Also there is no preview mode, and if there is an error I can't go back and fix it, it erases all that I typed.. There is so much wrong with this BBS.

[Ninjacow]

At 7/15/02 01:10 AM, Tomorrows_Nobody wrote:

Maybe.. but I HATE spelling mistakes, especially when i make them, and itd be nice to fix them. Also Ill screw up something in a past post, and rather than just being able to fix the post, I have to make another.. Also there is no preview mode, and if there is an error I can't go back and fix it, it erases all that I typed.. There is so much wrong with this BBS.

Just proof-read what you typed before posting it.

[RaspberryClock]

At 7/15/02 12:49 AM, Pokecreations wrote: Quoted from Ross on the Old BBS:

"I'm still not convinced that an "edit" feature is worthwhile. It allows too much flip-flopping of opinion; I like the sence of permanence that comes with hitting "Post it". There are certain things that, in my mind, shouldn't have an "undo" feature, and a message board is one of them. It encourages people to choose their words carefully and take responsibility what they say, instead of living fast and loose with the knowledge that they can fix it later."

That man is a genius.

[BooDestroyer]

SHIET!!!

[angstdrillhead]

wtf does george bush have to do with it?

[DANNYESLOCO]

the reason he put george bush is so that we dont make that mistake again *laugh choke*

[isthatlegal]

At 7/15/02 01:10 AM, Tomorrows_Nobody wrote:

At 7/15/02 12:49 AM, Pokecreations wrote:

Maybe.. but I HATE spelling mistakes, especially when i make them, and itd be nice to fix them. Also Ill screw up something in a past post, and rather than just being able to fix the post, I have to make another.. Also there is no preview mode, and if there is an error I can't go back and fix it, it erases all that I typed.. There is so much wrong with this BBS.

i agree that the edit button shoudn't happen! but a grammer or spell checker wud b a very usefull tool!

[Dobio]

Wow, Pokecreations....deleted....so sad.

Edit Button = bad idea.

Spell Checker = genius.

[wdfcverfgtghm]

At 8/8/03 05:01 AM, isthatlegal wrote: i agree that the edit button shoudn't happen! but a grammer or spell checker wud b a very usefull tool!

Thanks, a year later.

[isthatlegal]

y thank u... only my IQ test said i has 9 point from genius...but hey,wot the heck ill b a genious if u say i am, woohoo

[Spike-J-Wolfwood]

Can’t you just make it so you can only edit it until someone else replies to it? That way you can’t go back I mean what if you forgot something or the link or sourced pic doesn’t work? Then you have to post over again just to get it to work......... It can pe a pain sometimes. I poof read almost all my posts and when I make a minor mistake I just let it go but there are other reasons to have it.

[Kurt-1]

Deleted why r u deleted

[LipsOfLaura]

Obviously he can't answer that.

[Spike-J-Wolfwood]

Actually I wish that there was a pull-down menu to jump to other parts of the BBS on all the BBS pages. That way you wouldn’t have to go to the BBS main page just to switch forums. It would be good for high traffic times.

[BrownCow]

At 7/15/02 12:49 AM, <deleted> wrote:

man a tear just came to my eye

[isthatlegal]

if ngbbs had all/most of the tools that a proboards forum does, BUT with the same style and class as this bbs,i think it wud b a lot better, all accept the edit button,

i think that an edit capability b4 any1 replies is a gret idea tho!

[Miles]

At 8/8/03 08:24 AM, JmBd wrote:

At 8/8/03 05:01 AM, isthatlegal wrote: i agree that the edit button shoudn't happen! but a grammer or spell checker wud b a very usefull tool!

You fucking dumbass, quit bumping my topic.

i hate anyone who has posted before me, except for bend!

[Explodapop]

At 8/8/03 11:18 AM, isthatlegal wrote: if ngbbs had all/most of the tools that a proboards forum does, BUT with the same style and class as this bbs,i think it wud b a lot better, all accept the edit button,

i think that an edit capability b4 any1 replies is a gret idea tho!

yes, that would be good. But this would might lead to some ppl reading it and then change it and mislead other ppl. But that problem is minimal.

What if someone quoted what you wrote and while he/she replied to that, the author edited the post...

I am not for an edit button.

[ChinezeKid]

At 7/15/02 01:10 AM, Tomorrows_Nobody wrote: Maybe.. but I HATE spelling mistakes, especially when i make them, and itd be nice to fix them. Also Ill screw up something in a past post, and rather than just being able to fix the post, I have to make another.. Also there is no preview mode, and if there is an error I can't go back and fix it, it erases all that I typed.. There is so much wrong with this BBS.

You have just stolen the words directly out of my mouth! I was about to type the same thing. BTW, I hate making grammar mistakes too. They make me sound like a moron. It would be great if I could edit my mistakes before the "grammar police" people find out.

[Phantosanucca]

I'm gonna kill whoever decided not to allow an edit button. What if you try to make a logical point, and you make a spelling error or two, or forget to add something? Then you look like an idiot which could have been fixed easily with an EDIT BUTTON.

As for "flip-flopping opinions", when people flip flop, they post AGAIN, not edit a post no one will read again because it's an old post.

People are so dumb these days...