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missfairy
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I believe it would be very helpful if we could edit and delete our own forum posts whenever we would like!
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After 5 minutes you can't change your post in anyway, but before time runs out there is an option to do that at the head or above your posts. 
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Ugly
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This keeps getting suggested but the settings are in place for a reason. This site has existed 14 years or longer and the experience of all that time has taught that the restrictions need to be there.
My suggestion is to go back over the things you type Before hitting send.
Try all the other past threads on this subject if you want an explanation. The reasons have been given multiple times in those threads.
My suggestion is to go back over the things you type Before hitting send.
Try all the other past threads on this subject if you want an explanation. The reasons have been given multiple times in those threads.
I have had conversations with people who could do what you say. Unfortunately it means if a conversation is left with only one side it can look extreme or out of context. The truth is what you write or put out there should be something you stand by etc. Jesus stated simply let your "yes" be yes and your no be no. Anything more is from the enemy.
Now if you express something you wish to express slightly differently, which I do all the time, because I often develop my ideas as I go, then just do that, it is part of how we all learn, by talking through our positions and being prepared to change. Unless you are already perfect there is a lot of position changing which is part of following Jesus.
5 minutes is not long enough. I like 24 hours better.After 5 minutes you can't change your post in anyway, but before time runs out there is an option to do that at the head or above your posts.
I would actually love that.
Suffering from anxiety and depression, sometimes I post things while not in the right frame of mind and then the next day wish I could take them back
I know y'all are gonna say "well, don't post things if you're in the wrong frame of mind, then!" But I'm not exactly swimming with logic during those times
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atwhatcost
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Here's the condensed rundown on why this isn't a good idea:
1. Someone writes something and posts it. You respond. You give your heart to that post and that person. Others respond. And then three hours later the OP takes it down. How do you feel?
2. You write something in a foul mood and go to bed. Next morning you are or aren't still in the foul mood, but you're too embarrassed to read the responses, so you take it down. Later on, you gain your nerve to read the response, (quite surprised that the responses are still up even after you took down your post.) Some people gave you encouragement. Now what they said makes no sense, because no one can tell what was said that required that encouragement. Maybe someone went off on you, but others came to your defense. They all look like loons, because there's nothing to compare it with.
3. I'm mad at good-ole-so-and-so and really blast her in the middle of the night. I say things so bad a pimp would be horrified, but I don't want to be kicked off the board, so I let my mob read it, giggle, and congratulate me in PM. Meanwhile some newbies join the site, read it, and think good-ole-so-and-so must really be a creep. That's their first impression of her. And then I remove it so I don't get caught.
4. You write a post about something few people talk about thinking you're the only one in the world who goes through this or thinks this. Then you take it down later fearing everyone would think you're a freak. Six months later, someone is googling because she has this problem that no one in the world would understand. The result page shows that someone (you) had the guts to speak up about it. Relief floods through her once she realizes she's not the only one in the world like this... except one thing. She still feels like a freak and still keeps hiding, because you took down that post. THAT close to realizing she's not alone, only to walk away feeling as alone as ever. Maybe more so, because she truly must be a freak -- a one-of-a-kind freak.
I found this site because I read something in scripture that seemed to be totally different from anything I've ever heard or read about that verse before. I wanted to know if I was off my rocker nuts thinking maybe there was something in what I thought. I may well be off my rocker thinking that, but at least I found a young man from NZ who asked if anyone else thought the same thing on here. Most people who responded didn't get what he meant. I did. And I learned it was okay to say it out loud. Good thing he didn't change his mind later. His post was two years old and he's still here. So am I.
Don't think, simply because you change your mind, your words don't have effect on others. If you say something dumb or because you're in a bad mood, you can always acknowledge that later -- or not. But when you share and then take it away -- you're not just effecting yourself. This is social networking. It means something, even the regret.
1. Someone writes something and posts it. You respond. You give your heart to that post and that person. Others respond. And then three hours later the OP takes it down. How do you feel?
2. You write something in a foul mood and go to bed. Next morning you are or aren't still in the foul mood, but you're too embarrassed to read the responses, so you take it down. Later on, you gain your nerve to read the response, (quite surprised that the responses are still up even after you took down your post.) Some people gave you encouragement. Now what they said makes no sense, because no one can tell what was said that required that encouragement. Maybe someone went off on you, but others came to your defense. They all look like loons, because there's nothing to compare it with.
3. I'm mad at good-ole-so-and-so and really blast her in the middle of the night. I say things so bad a pimp would be horrified, but I don't want to be kicked off the board, so I let my mob read it, giggle, and congratulate me in PM. Meanwhile some newbies join the site, read it, and think good-ole-so-and-so must really be a creep. That's their first impression of her. And then I remove it so I don't get caught.
4. You write a post about something few people talk about thinking you're the only one in the world who goes through this or thinks this. Then you take it down later fearing everyone would think you're a freak. Six months later, someone is googling because she has this problem that no one in the world would understand. The result page shows that someone (you) had the guts to speak up about it. Relief floods through her once she realizes she's not the only one in the world like this... except one thing. She still feels like a freak and still keeps hiding, because you took down that post. THAT close to realizing she's not alone, only to walk away feeling as alone as ever. Maybe more so, because she truly must be a freak -- a one-of-a-kind freak.
I found this site because I read something in scripture that seemed to be totally different from anything I've ever heard or read about that verse before. I wanted to know if I was off my rocker nuts thinking maybe there was something in what I thought. I may well be off my rocker thinking that, but at least I found a young man from NZ who asked if anyone else thought the same thing on here. Most people who responded didn't get what he meant. I did. And I learned it was okay to say it out loud. Good thing he didn't change his mind later. His post was two years old and he's still here. So am I.
Don't think, simply because you change your mind, your words don't have effect on others. If you say something dumb or because you're in a bad mood, you can always acknowledge that later -- or not. But when you share and then take it away -- you're not just effecting yourself. This is social networking. It means something, even the regret.
That would cause a problem, though. If you commented on one of my posts, and then I deleted my post, your post would look rather strange. Or if I said one thing, and you commented on that, and then I came back and changed my post into something very different, it would make your post look very strange.
I agree with the concept. But 5 minutes is way too short a time period. It should be 15 or 30.
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Ugly
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Well, based off of years of experience this is what they deemed necessary.
Do it part to trolls posting offensive images the. Removing them before a mod can see them. They could post and pull it off over and over. Restricting the limit restricts this ability and increases their chance to be caught and banned.
And if they are doing it in the five minute mark few will see it and it won't really be effective, from their end. So it's a deterrent as well.
Also 15 minutes can be enough time to build up a lot of responses on a busy day. If people can change their posts or delete the. After 10 people have responded then that throws off the entire chat.
Not to mention you Know there are people on this site currently that would manipulate things that way, to make others look bad or themselves look good.
Do it part to trolls posting offensive images the. Removing them before a mod can see them. They could post and pull it off over and over. Restricting the limit restricts this ability and increases their chance to be caught and banned.
And if they are doing it in the five minute mark few will see it and it won't really be effective, from their end. So it's a deterrent as well.
Also 15 minutes can be enough time to build up a lot of responses on a busy day. If people can change their posts or delete the. After 10 people have responded then that throws off the entire chat.
Not to mention you Know there are people on this site currently that would manipulate things that way, to make others look bad or themselves look good.
maybe they are just taking precautions just in case someone post and a lot of people respond in five minutes instead of only a few people.
This is not a suggestion, "Do this;" rather, this is a suggestion, "I wonder if..."
I wonder if it would be less of a headache to add a countdown for the 5 minutes, like a notifying sound or shown time at each minute.
Example: Sent. 5 minute mark (Ding) ... elapsed to 4 minute mark (ding)... etc.
I am just writing this, but I don't really care to see it change.
But I have suffered hitting send too soon; and that is every time I hit send.
I wonder if it would be less of a headache to add a countdown for the 5 minutes, like a notifying sound or shown time at each minute.
Example: Sent. 5 minute mark (Ding) ... elapsed to 4 minute mark (ding)... etc.
I am just writing this, but I don't really care to see it change.
But I have suffered hitting send too soon; and that is every time I hit send.
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guiltslittlegirl
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But with the current system, you can edit the quoted text to make it say whatever you want. Like I just did, to make you say something rather senseless.
But with the current system, you can edit the quoted text to make it say whatever you want. Like I just did, to make you say something rather senseless.
Yeah, but you just send a signal to all the forum that you are not a Christian, so you are soon ignored by most.
It happens a lot In threads like "word game" "rather this or that" .......games in the miscellaneous forum that get responses at a torrid pace.