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I believe it happened right around March 30. I like the change because I used to hate editing a post for a simple typo, then having to wait forever for it to repost. By the time it reposted, many times it was dated, as orhers may have replied the same answer, or the thread was just old already.

However, I agree with you, that there were reasons for the delay, and hopefully they have something in place (perhaps the 'report this post' button) to prevent the scenario you mentioned. I had also heard before that the reason for the delay was to prevent moderated people from making certain posts. It was said that a moderated person's first post would have a delay, but then they could edit it and it would repost instantly, making it easy to stir trouble. So the editing delay was in place for everyone, moderated or not. I don't know if that was a true reason, but if it was they must have found a way to fix that now, so that a moderated person's edited post is still moderated but a non moderated person's edited post goes up instantly.

Only theories and hearsay on my part. Maybe admin will chime in, but I don't expect it:)

inicky464757 reads

After a hiatus of a couple of months, I recently began posting again on the General Board.  A day or so ago for the first time I decided to edit one of my posts to fix a mis-spelling.  In the past, editing a post meant it would not reappear until a mod had approved it.  This was to keep people from posting train wreck-type posts, then changing their OP to make those responding look like fools or liars (or at least that's what I was told by one of the old mods).  But this time I noticed the edited post went right back up again.
So my question is, when was this change made and why?  It seems as if the old reason for mods approving edited posts still makes sense today.  I hope it's not simply that Admin does not have enough staff to handle such an approval process.

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perfectstorm3598 reads

I believe it happened right around March 30. I like the change because I used to hate editing a post for a simple typo, then having to wait forever for it to repost. By the time it reposted, many times it was dated, as orhers may have replied the same answer, or the thread was just old already.

However, I agree with you, that there were reasons for the delay, and hopefully they have something in place (perhaps the 'report this post' button) to prevent the scenario you mentioned. I had also heard before that the reason for the delay was to prevent moderated people from making certain posts. It was said that a moderated person's first post would have a delay, but then they could edit it and it would repost instantly, making it easy to stir trouble. So the editing delay was in place for everyone, moderated or not. I don't know if that was a true reason, but if it was they must have found a way to fix that now, so that a moderated person's edited post is still moderated but a non moderated person's edited post goes up instantly.

Only theories and hearsay on my part. Maybe admin will chime in, but I don't expect it:)

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fallonkelly3671 reads

Since there are no mods anymore, if we can self police ourselves with our original posts by using the report this post button, there is no reason why we can't do the same with edited posts.

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inicky463496 reads

But they are unknown to us the way the old mods were.  You are correct about being able to report edited posts, which is a good point.  Still, the possibility of abuse is there anyway.

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Apollo-x4571 reads

Of course there are still moderators, and guess what? They are not your competitors either, lol.

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mrfisher3616 reads

but the response was still delayed a few hours, so I don't know if things have changed or not.

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perfectstorm2180 reads

Not sure why you had issues with yours. I have edited a lot of my posts for typos and stuff, or to delete double posts, and they have all gone up instantly since the end of March.

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