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I'd like to be able to edit and/or delete someone else's thread and content.
Hugo9000
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Send a PM to one of the moderators with the thread link, and include whatever changes you'd like to the thread title or opening post. I know they've updated threads after a polite request in the past.
If you're a forum donor, you can edit the title of your own threads, as well as edit the original post.
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I got told the same thing by the mods. If I had a job, I would've donated.
Although I wish you good luck landing a job soon, lack of a job may not be a good-enough excuse to NOT donate.
The cost of ASR upkeep probably don't grow on trees. I am also certain that the mods don't grow on trees either
Equally; me stating that "I don't have a job either but I donate anyways!" can be considered as lame, especially if I was to add that "I am not looking for one!"
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I am looking for a job still but I have donated anyways because I like this site compared to other forums.
dasdoing
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I have always thought that this is very rude. people have invested time to read, compute and respond. deleting others thoughts should be a power restricted to very few people only....and only for good reasons
gks333
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I 2nd this.
I absolutely agree with that.
Once it's posted, it's part of the site...not part of someone's personal property. Deleting a post (that isn't overly profane or otherwise ridiculous) or thread is very rare, and it isn't going to happen just because the originator wants it to be.
We will sometimes close a thread an OP asks to be closed if we feel there's a good reason, but even there...just almost never happens, and it is almost never hidden or deleted if it is closed.
We try as a rule to let this place run with as little 'official' input/modification as possible.
on other sites I’ve seen instances where the OP has edit permissions for a specific thread only when for example they maintain a list in their first post.
Other than that I see little benefit. In fact there have been cases where posters spit the dummy and go back and delete all their historical posts.
Other than that I see little benefit. In fact there have been cases where posters spit the dummy and go back and delete all their historical posts.
And this is why we limited edit time for non donating members. A few quit and deleted their post out of spite making a mess. I know many have legitimate reason to want to edit but a few bad apples forced us into this decision.
I have only rarely needed to edit an older post and the mods have always been helpful when I have asked. Even when it has been just a thread title with a spelling error that drives me nuts (as I've said before, a short drive). So if it's really essential then just reach out to Amir and the mods by clicking the "Report" button at the bottom left of the post.
There are plenty of posts I wish I could edit or delete but in almost all cases they are best left as a learning experience for myself and others. A humbling reminder that I still have plenty of Stoopid Don Tricks left to live (post) and do not always respond correctly or reasonably. We (or maybe just I) can always have a bad day.
There are plenty of posts I wish I could edit or delete but in almost all cases they are best left as a learning experience for myself and others. A humbling reminder that I still have plenty of Stoopid Don Tricks left to live (post) and do not always respond correctly or reasonably. We (or maybe just I) can always have a bad day.
I would like to know how to stop following a thread that I have had interest in but not anymore, feel is going on too long, being trolled etc. Can't figure how to turn those off. Maybe there is not yet a mechanism to stop following something. I for one like that option.
Great site @amirm. I like to read too many things here.
Great site @amirm. I like to read too many things here.
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Its at the topI would like to know how to stop following a thread that I have had interest in but not anymore, feel is going on too long, being trolled etc. Can't figure how to turn those off. Maybe there is not yet a mechanism to stop following something. I for one like that option.
Great site @amirm. I like to read too many things here.
Thank you @ThatM1key. My wife says I have male pattern blindness! 
If you mouse hover over a members avatar then options will pop up after 2 seconds or so and you can ignore peeps that are annoying.I would like to know how to stop following a thread that I have had interest in but not anymore, feel is going on too long, being trolled etc. Can't figure how to turn those off. Maybe there is not yet a mechanism to stop following something. I for one like that option.
Great site @amirm. I like to read too many things here.
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