can we have the option to add a PS to an Opening Post?

[schmu]

sometimes i have posted and realise too late that i have missed out a key point from my OP which affects how pople interpret/ respond the thread. even if you later 'set the record straight', many people dont read the whole thread, so respond to the thread without having the full picture.

could we have a PS facility, whereby a new post could be added to the OP to avoid confusion?

YES PLEASE
I ask for this regularly and am ignored

no
wopuld be daft as people would do it half way through a thread.

I think an"update" thing would be quite useful - not so that you can alter your orginial post (as that will make the following posts sound like rubbish) but instead to "add to"

Quite frequently on threads I see an update from the OP half way down the thread, but those that have only read the first few posts don't realise this and the thread goes off on a tangent again.

"wopuld be daft as people would do it half way through a thread. "

exactly

PS - this is what happened/what I did/I've changed my mind. etc etc

would be perfect to be done hpalway through a tyhread also
so that people who dont read the whole thread still it

would spoil the flow, IMO

'PS' function might be used as a cop out, is what I'm trying to say...

Am thinking AIBU? here, btw

No

That's why we have 'preview'

but boys - preview doesn't cover for the

"well I sat the test and I passed it" does it on a "ooooo I've got a test today" type thread???

no. far too many people only reply to op and don't read thread, this would make it even worse.

No, not keen.

When I look at a thread that I;ve already posted on I go straight to the end of the thread. If the OP wants to say something new and it goes up by the first post I won't see it.

Surely that would be more of a bump type thing, FAQ?

I think a 'PS' function would allow a lot of controversial/'me me me'/ignorant AIBU threads to come back and alter the original OP, in view of initial responses

IYSWIM - I've had too much wine tonight

"far too many people only reply to op and don't read thread, "

exactly they don't see that 372 posts later the OP has updated with something crucial so fly off at the deep end basing their opinion on the OP rather than how the issue on the thread has evolved!

wot faq said

then when it is pointed out they will feel stupid and not do it twice.

Maybe some kind of highlighting so when skimming through a long thread we can see posts by the OP would be good, but they should appear in the correct chronological order.

well maybe it' just me then that often pops back onto threads purely to see what the outcome was - and I don't really have time to be trawling through possibly 100's of irrlevant posts before I find where the OP has updated it.

I skim to look for OPs name if I am following a thread

If I was that interested I would do a search on their name

a "ps" or "update" on an OP could appear as

"updated @ 23.42 5th April" with any updates so the OP will still be in chronological order.

I use page format, "skimming" through a long thread that's 20 pages long to find the OP's "highlighted" posts would be as big a faff as it is now without it highlighted.

But FAQ if it goes just by the OP then it is in the wrong place for those of us with no lives who sit and watch the whole thread go by, we might miss it.

(I use pages too btw )

if you use pages then the OP is always at the top of the page when you first click on the thread so you wouldn't miss it

it would help though if you do something that upsets 99% of mn in your thread title, you then realise and say sorry and change the word.
...............no they would still tie you to a stake and........

...slap you with cold trout and...