RE: edit timeout

Andrew - A very subjective interpretation.

The main (and obvious) difference between a blog and a forum is simply that a blog has one author, whereas a forum has many. The flow of the conversation is the same in both cases - unless you have a multi threaded setup - which you do not. In both cases people comment on both the original post, and also the posts of others.

It is bad nettiquette to edit your post so much that the context of the thread is lost - but this is something see more that moderators should police. That said - it really is a NON issue. All you've done, is created a solution to a problem that does not exist.

Please consider, that It is also common nettiquette to update the OP of a thread to save people trawling through page after page of (often misleading) info to get to the answer they need.

Compare the two issues - issue 1 is a non-Issue, it happens very very infrequently, and probably does not affect too much. If someone is maliciously changing their old posts, then there are probably bigger fundamental issues to deal with.

Issue 2 - happens a lot - every time you update your software there are a bunch of mods that also need to get updated - not to mention the interim MOD updates that will also occur. Support threads also often get updated as problems are solved. (you do remember this is mostly a support forum, right?)

Given this info - which issue should you really address?? The one that you thought you had originally, or the bigger one that you have just created?