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A Humble Suggestion For Improving This Wonderful Site.......

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EricL · 03/10/2007 11:08

(Did you notice the gentle introduction there - just to make sure i didn't get your hackles up straight away? Yes? Cool - lets continue nice and calm and relaxed now................)

I'm not talking about changing the look of the site or adding flashy movey winky wonky things (cos that is just childish and induces a nervous tick from me normally resulting in a broken monitor and sore knuckles) - i'm talking about a Quote and Edit function.

I see lots of daily posts where the poster is having to correct themselves for clarification or is having to explain who they were responding to. Having the abilty to edit your posts and also to quote someone you are responding to would make the site a lot more efficient. Less posts would be made as it would be clear from the outset what the poster meant and who a response was directed at.

Yes? No?

Whaddaya think?

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zippitippitoes · 03/10/2007 11:14

it is spontaneous here hence the reason pi like it no moving posts around to more appropriate threads and such malarkeys..or ranting at diversions

Original poster
EricL · 03/10/2007 11:14

(Cue Eric getting shot down in flames again for suggesting a change.................)

I'm donning my best tin hat and hiding under the table for a bit. See you in 5..........

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nailpolish · 03/10/2007 11:14

editing\your own posts would be like covering your tracks instead of aplolgising

and whats wrong with copy & paste??

UnquietDad · 03/10/2007 11:13

Very interesting suggestion.

Yes to editing typos, but with a time-limit so that people can't "retcon" their posts to make themselves look more reasonable and discredit others. That works on other sites.

Quoting - I'm in two minds. It is sometimes useful to know who you are responding to, but that can a) make threads degenerate into two-person slanging matches and b) result in "fisking." This sounds rude but isn't - it's where people "deconstruct" arguments line by line and answer each point rather than the overall thrust.

getsonmynerves · 03/10/2007 11:13

I absolutely hate those sites where posts just become one long quote within a quote within a quote

no no no no

daisyandbabybootoo · 03/10/2007 11:13

no to editing as well. This is a live chat site. If you can go back and edit your posts then the thread of the conversation would surely be lost.

why d'ya wanna keep changing things?

you can quote by copying and pasting, but i must admit quoting another poster and then proceeding to destroy/ridicule/villify raises my hackles in an irrational fashion.

MerlinsBeard · 03/10/2007 11:12

of course its the same, if you quote you are cuting it from one postand pasting into another!

MerlinsBeard · 03/10/2007 11:12

you can already quote, its called cut and paste

Original poster
EricL · 03/10/2007 11:11

I know you can copy and paste - but it's just not the same really is it?

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zippitippitoes · 03/10/2007 11:09

no to editing

you can quote now unless you are lazy

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