Posted by Dinah on May 8, 2003, at 8:51:10
In reply to Re: editing, posted by Dr. Bob on May 8, 2003, at 1:53:58
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> I know. I've seen boards where it says if a post's been edited, that would help, at least, wouldn't it?
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> BobNot enough, Dr. Bob. Not enough.
I was kind of hoping I wouldn't have to be more explicit. I hate to have a negative view about people. But there are some visitors to the site who might enjoy leaving up a rude comment to someone else just long enough for it to be seen, but not long enough for you to see it. Then any replies on the thread would appear to be meanspirited. Allowing only the last post to be edited might help that a bit, since someone would have to be pretty quick about it. Of course, if you added a post to a thread where the last post was unkind, you would be keeping the poster from hitting and running, but on the other hand you would have to be concerned that doing so would enable the person targetted to see a post they otherwise might not see. Quite a dilemma for someone who hates unkindness, and one that I would hope you wouldn't place on posters. If you yourself could see the pre-edited post so that unkindness wouldn't be allowed to sneak through, maybe. But still.....
I think having everything "on record" is still the better idea.
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