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[Fester Pot]

Even after 16 hours, I was able to edit a post on a blog. Not sure if there is a limit here on the forum BUT allowing folks to edit messages during a discussion could cause issues when someone does so and turns around to say "I never said that"



EDIT: Alright, I was able to modify a post I made three days ago.



http://social.biowar...pic/6/index/243

Modifié par Fester Pot, 14 août 2009 - 02:16 .

[Jesse van Herk]

this software doesn't have built-in time limits like that. We're going to see how it goes without them.

[Fester Pot]

!!! You're using software that you don't have the ability to modify on your own? I thought everything we're seeing here was done in-house at BioWare.



I guess that's another issue altogether.



Now for another example. On the BioWare forums, when people cuss and toss around derogatory remarks, mods have the ability to edit the post and **** or simply remove the comments. With the ability to edit a post whenever one wants to, folks who make such rude comments will be able to add them back.



This social site is going to become very busy and maintaining such a watchful eye will become difficult, especially when old threads are modified, comments are edited by mods but edited back by the poster.



What happens when someone is working on a big project with others, posting code for the project as a whole to share, then suddenly said person freaks out and leaves? Well, they can also go and edit their posts sharing their code and remove it.



I see a big mess just waiting to happen.



Thanks,

Paul

Modifié par Fester Pot, 14 août 2009 - 04:58 .

[Jesse van Herk]

We are using off-the-shelf software as a base, with certain in-house plugins and many in-house bugfixes/changes to bring it up to BioWare standards. We still have moderators, plus some nifty new reporting/banning capabilities. If somebody is being a total jerk, we can still ban their account/email address/IP/country/etc from the site. That's why there is a "report this user" button on everyone's profile.

[Ranlas]

I gotta agree with Fester. There must be a limit on how much someone can doublethink something away.



However, I always found the current BioWare forums' time limit to be far too constricting. Often I'll want to rephrase something or add a point after a short while, but it's usually locked by the time I think of these things.

[Jassper]

There are pros and cons to it, what we need to decide is if the cons out wiegh the pros.

For example my NewFAQ page on the bioware forms would be easy to keep going bakc and editing post to bering them up to date with the tooset/game updates instead of reposting.

One solution might be to include the origanal post in the edit, for example

Roses smell pretty!

Edited by: Jassper

Orignal Post:

Roses stink to high heaven!!



Of course this could then lead to some very larg post if each edit it displayed - or maybe just a link,



Edited by: Jassper

Orignal Post: Click here

[Jesse van Herk]

Jassper: what your talking about sounds suspiciously like a wiki; if it's something that will be edited lots, and you want to have a history, then put it in a wiki.

[Proleric]

I'm told that forums which allow open edits have a culture where everyone keeps Quoted For Truth (QFT) copies of important posts.



Sounds like more work?

[Stratovarius667]

What you're missing, FP, is that if someone quotes your post, that quote doesn't change, regardless of how much you like to edit it. That tends to make going back and editing it rather pointless, because everyone can see what you really said in one of the next posts down. Most forums I've been on don't worry about people going back and editing their posts because of that. And because they trust the moderators. It's not really something I'm worried about, and it's certainly better than Bioware's current policy of "If you make a mistake, you can't touch it".