No Edit, and Political Forum

[Ddrak]

Having run a flame board for a while (remember "page 8"?), turning of editing is a pretty good idea given it makes people think about what they are posting, and doesn't let them change their flame at a later date which is especially good after someone posts something particularly retarded. It also eliminates the need to quote a previous person's post so you can be sure to capture the context you are actually replying to rather than a context that may be changed at some later date.

Additionally, splitting politics out is usually helpful to the general discussion. Some people love politics and some don't wanna know.

Dd

[Malachani]

Originally Posted by Ddrak

Additionally, splitting politics out is usually helpful to the general discussion. Some people love politics and some don't wanna know.

Dd

QFFT! I hate politics, I usually don't "get" it, so I'd be more than happy to have an additional forum of topics I don't have to read ;)

[Khalan]

The Offtopic Forum is good enough for politics

too many forums is a bad thing. Don't want to read it, don't click.

[Nurta]

Definitely definitely definitely agree with disabling the edit function in the hottest areas. You don't want a 40+ page thread to lose it's flare when someone suddenly turns pansy and runs back and edits their post essentially rendering the thread empty in places. B/C it happens all the time, people always rethink what they have typed and run to change it after thinking about it more.

[Nurta]

Originally Posted by Khalan

The Offtopic Forum is good enough for politics

too many forums is a bad thing. Don't want to read it, don't click.

With vB it's not hard to nest forums inside other forums. I think the idea of having a place for politics b/c I'm sucker for it.

[Malachani]

I believe there is a point that you can't edit again. I know some of my older posts i can't edit, but so far anything I entered today I can.

Maybe like a 15 min edit period (to fix spelling, clarify anything you wrote, re-read etc) would be sufficient.

[Ddrak]

Actually, if there's a setting that only lets you edit for a short time (15 mins, until someone replies, whatever - I'm not familiar with vB administration) then I withdraw my comment. It's mainly from the "pansy" situation above that can really destroy a promising flame war.

Dd

[Niber]

Originally Posted by Ddrak

Actually, if there's a setting that only lets you edit for a short time (15 mins, until someone replies, whatever - I'm not familiar with vB administration) then I withdraw my comment. It's mainly from the "pansy" situation above that can really destroy a promising flame war.

Dd

I believe LFG has it set at 24 hours and then no more editing.

[Nurta]

There is a global setting yes however you can make it so that specific forums cannot edit. Flames are best when shot from the hip including spelling errors, IMO anyway.

[Illuminator]

Ya got me, officer. *puts hands in the air*

I don't do it to be misleading though.