[Cloudbringer]

That's what happened, InjaYew, but it became so prevalent (one or two people constantly changing their posts in serious debates) that any time the person(s) posted people immediately quoted them, only to have the person start badgering them to delete the quote after their posts were edited.

Now nobody cares if you are fixing spelling, left a word or name out in your hurry to post or put one too many "the's" in a line, but content was being changed or deleted, including flames that had sat around for 24 hours before being removed by the author and had copious replies and rebuttals. This had the effect of annoying many of the people in the thread and eventually it was decided by Ziroc that the edit times would be limited.


Wellard, I'm all for the 'edits' I mentioned first (spelling or grammar errors, forgot to put a name in or like some said, you used a spoiler and decided to fix it etc), as I tend to type quickly and often put one too many words in, mispell things or realize I left out a crucial word in a sentence, but I disagree with changing the content in a serious discussion UNLESS it's a flame and you acknowledge that's the reason you edited your post or in some way make note of it so that it's clear all around that you changed it and why. It's not unheard of for someone to post something very provocative or insulting and then have a change of heart, but most people say as much when they delete the offensive material.