Hey guys.
I decided to make this thread to see what other members thought of the newest change to the forum which is definitely going to have a major impact on how people post around here (for better or worse).
Let me make this clear before I post my thoughts.
This is not a topic to try to undermine the authority around here. I know this is your forum and you can run it however you want. Just want to give my opinion and see what everyone else's thoughts.
Now that we have gotten that out of the way.
I do not agree with it and here is why.
I have never seen a forum where the edit button has been taken away from the average member. That in itself leads me to think that a edit button is essential to how a forum is run.
Without the edit button we will no longer be able to add to our posts should we make a honest mistake which really does limit the way people would feel about discussing things. I myself have made spelling error before in my haste to reply but was able to go back and correct them.
Also I don't like that now I will have to wait if we won't to reply to a new comment. Say someone makes a comment while I was posting that I was interested in replying to. Now say no one else replies for days. That in itself would handicap a discussion since we would be FORCED to wait until someone replied and if they did not we would just not be able to have a discussion with that person on that topic.
Now I understand the recent activities that have been going on. People have been making harsh comments and then editing them later on to avoid getting into trouble and I agree that it is wrong. But it was my understanding that Staff members can see these unedited comments which raises the question as to why even take the EDIT button away? You would still be able to punish the party involved in the act so why limit the posting functionality of the forum?
I just does not seem right to me.
I think there were obvious solutions to this issue besides just taking away the edit feature entirely. Some members who actually are GOOD around here and want to have peaceful discussions around here use that EDIT button.
Why should they be punished for a few bad apples in the bunch?
Tell my your thoughts please.
I decided to make this thread to see what other members thought of the newest change to the forum which is definitely going to have a major impact on how people post around here (for better or worse).
Let me make this clear before I post my thoughts.
This is not a topic to try to undermine the authority around here. I know this is your forum and you can run it however you want. Just want to give my opinion and see what everyone else's thoughts.
Now that we have gotten that out of the way.
I do not agree with it and here is why.
I have never seen a forum where the edit button has been taken away from the average member. That in itself leads me to think that a edit button is essential to how a forum is run.
Without the edit button we will no longer be able to add to our posts should we make a honest mistake which really does limit the way people would feel about discussing things. I myself have made spelling error before in my haste to reply but was able to go back and correct them.
Also I don't like that now I will have to wait if we won't to reply to a new comment. Say someone makes a comment while I was posting that I was interested in replying to. Now say no one else replies for days. That in itself would handicap a discussion since we would be FORCED to wait until someone replied and if they did not we would just not be able to have a discussion with that person on that topic.
Now I understand the recent activities that have been going on. People have been making harsh comments and then editing them later on to avoid getting into trouble and I agree that it is wrong. But it was my understanding that Staff members can see these unedited comments which raises the question as to why even take the EDIT button away? You would still be able to punish the party involved in the act so why limit the posting functionality of the forum?
I just does not seem right to me.
I think there were obvious solutions to this issue besides just taking away the edit feature entirely. Some members who actually are GOOD around here and want to have peaceful discussions around here use that EDIT button.
Why should they be punished for a few bad apples in the bunch?
Tell my your thoughts please.