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Poll: Should posts be editable after they are made and if so, for how long after?
No change should be made.  Users should be able to edit their posts for as long as they are members. 67 / 43%
Posts should never be editable.  Once they are made, they are permanent. 7 / 5%
Posts should only be editable for up to 1 year after they are made. 3 / 2%
Posts should only be editable for up to 1 month after they are made.  7 / 5%
Posts should only be editable for up to 2 weeks after they are made. 7 / 5%
Posts should only be editable for up to 1 week after they are made. 25 / 16%
Posts should only be editable for up to 3 days after they are made. 39 / 25%
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Arrogant_Bastard


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I'd be scared of missing this PTFTW though.


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Careful, that PTFTW won't leam anything if a mod edits that post.


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Arrogant_Bastard wrote:
Gmburns2000 wrote:
Arrogant_Bastard wrote:
Toast_in_the_Machine wrote:
philbox wrote:
I hereby nominate gmburns to become a mod. He is without a doubt the greatest poster on this site!

Quoted for posterity (posterior portion)?

MISQUOTING! BANZ HIM! BANZ HIM NOW!

you're just chicken shit. if I became a mod you'd be saying an awful lot of good things about me without even knowing it...and you know it.

We've had douchebags as mods before, we'll have douchebags as mods again. Ain't nothin new, ain't nothing to be scared of.

go back and read my post again verrrrrrrry carefully. Angelic

edit - I replied to you with a response meant for Malcolm and vice versa. Blush


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Toast_in_the_Machine


Aug 24, 2010, 8:28 PM
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philbox wrote:
Toast_in_the_Machine wrote:
Arrogant_Bastard wrote:
Toast_in_the_Machine wrote:
philbox wrote:
I hereby nominate gmburns to become a mod. He is without a doubt the greatest poster on this site!

Quoted for posterity (posterior portion)?

MISQUOTING! BANZ HIM! BANZ HIM NOW!

Mine is the real post, he edited it after I hit quote. Really. Don't ban me, I ran outta gas. I had a flat tire. I didn't have enough money for cab fare. My tux didn't come back from the cleaners. An old friend came in from outta town. Someone stole my car. There was an earthquake, a terrible flood, locust's. It wasn't my fault!! I swear to God!!

I see what you did there. Well played sir.

Thank you.

Did you catch the other one as well?


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Aug 25, 2010, 5:59 AM
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Toast_in_the_Machine wrote:
philbox wrote:
Toast_in_the_Machine wrote:
Arrogant_Bastard wrote:
Toast_in_the_Machine wrote:
philbox wrote:
I hereby nominate gmburns to become a mod. He is without a doubt the greatest poster on this site!

Quoted for posterity (posterior portion)?

MISQUOTING! BANZ HIM! BANZ HIM NOW!

Mine is the real post, he edited it after I hit quote. Really. Don't ban me, I ran outta gas. I had a flat tire. I didn't have enough money for cab fare. My tux didn't come back from the cleaners. An old friend came in from outta town. Someone stole my car. There was an earthquake, a terrible flood, locust's. It wasn't my fault!! I swear to God!!

I see what you did there. Well played sir.

Thank you.

Did you catch the other one as well?


Ooooh, no I didn't. [/sound of the bleeding obvious fleeing in opposite direction]


Toast_in_the_Machine


Aug 25, 2010, 12:29 PM
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philbox wrote:
Toast_in_the_Machine wrote:
philbox wrote:
Toast_in_the_Machine wrote:
Arrogant_Bastard wrote:
Toast_in_the_Machine wrote:
philbox wrote:
I hereby nominate gmburns to become a mod. He is without a doubt the greatest poster on this site!

Quoted for posterity (posterior portion)?

MISQUOTING! BANZ HIM! BANZ HIM NOW!

Mine is the real post, he edited it after I hit quote. Really. Don't ban me, I ran outta gas. I had a flat tire. I didn't have enough money for cab fare. My tux didn't come back from the cleaners. An old friend came in from outta town. Someone stole my car. There was an earthquake, a terrible flood, locust's. It wasn't my fault!! I swear to God!!

I see what you did there. Well played sir.

Thank you.

Did you catch the other one as well?


Ooooh, no I didn't. [/sound of the bleeding obvious fleeing in opposite direction]

Post #111. I (re-)called it before I did it.


dingus


Aug 25, 2010, 12:38 PM
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Its funny toast, I haven't heard ONE good reason why this group of site users is entitled to take my posts.

Not one.

I HAVE heard reasons, petulant, asshole reasons.

"How DARE you delete YOUR post! YOU HAVE NO RIGHT!"

Wah.

Get over yourselves. Its not your material, it will NEVER be your material. Never.

DMT


Arrogant_Bastard


Aug 25, 2010, 2:33 PM
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curt


Aug 25, 2010, 3:41 PM
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dingus wrote:
Its funny toast, I haven't heard ONE good reason why this group of site users is entitled to take my posts.

Not one.

I HAVE heard reasons, petulant, asshole reasons...

That's the thing about hearing. It's just so terribly difficult, if you're not willing to listen.

Curt


dr_feelgood


Aug 25, 2010, 7:06 PM
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NoSoup4U wrote:
Absolutely no editing. Posts quality will increase. A side benefit will be the end of the stupid quoting and re-quoting of the original posts or thread answers.

Users need to think twice before hitting the reply or post button.

Delete the campground, soap box etc. Moderate agressively to delete any non-climbing posts.
troll.


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jt512 wrote:
caughtinside wrote:
I guess I don't understand this crazy hard on to demand things be available online in perpetuity.

It's a forum post. Made by someone you don't know.

Where is the value in this? The value comes from knowing the user. Here, it's by online reputation. Aric developed a reputation after a while as a guy who knew something about engineering and gear testing. The only reason his posts have any value is because you have seen his whole body of work.

By preserving his entire body of work, you are forcing him against his will to remain on here. That's lame. Any one of his posts on its own has no value. They only have value when taken as a whole.

I don't understand your argument. If the bolded premises are true, they would seem to support the need for long-term on-line availability of posts. But, that said, I don't accept the premise that you need to view a large number of a user's posts in order to make an accurate judgment about the user's knowledgeability. Proof by counterexample: Read any single post by rgold and any single post by subantz.

Jay

Your vast library of posts has proved that you are a douche; this can also be determined through just one or two posts.

I guess your argument stands.


edge


Aug 25, 2010, 7:45 PM
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How about if we made posts edible. I'm starving.


jt512


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dr_feelgood wrote:
jt512 wrote:
caughtinside wrote:
I guess I don't understand this crazy hard on to demand things be available online in perpetuity.

It's a forum post. Made by someone you don't know.

Where is the value in this? The value comes from knowing the user. Here, it's by online reputation. Aric developed a reputation after a while as a guy who knew something about engineering and gear testing. The only reason his posts have any value is because you have seen his whole body of work.

By preserving his entire body of work, you are forcing him against his will to remain on here. That's lame. Any one of his posts on its own has no value. They only have value when taken as a whole.

I don't understand your argument. If the bolded premises are true, they would seem to support the need for long-term on-line availability of posts. But, that said, I don't accept the premise that you need to view a large number of a user's posts in order to make an accurate judgment about the user's knowledgeability. Proof by counterexample: Read any single post by rgold and any single post by subantz.

Jay

Your vast library of posts has proved that you are a douche; this can also be determined through just one or two posts.

Fuck you, too.

Jay


Arrogant_Bastard


Aug 25, 2010, 7:59 PM
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edge wrote:
How about if we made posts edible. I'm starving.

Get your damn lips off my PC++, freak.


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jt512 wrote:
dr_feelgood wrote:
jt512 wrote:
caughtinside wrote:
I guess I don't understand this crazy hard on to demand things be available online in perpetuity.

It's a forum post. Made by someone you don't know.

Where is the value in this? The value comes from knowing the user. Here, it's by online reputation. Aric developed a reputation after a while as a guy who knew something about engineering and gear testing. The only reason his posts have any value is because you have seen his whole body of work.

By preserving his entire body of work, you are forcing him against his will to remain on here. That's lame. Any one of his posts on its own has no value. They only have value when taken as a whole.

I don't understand your argument. If the bolded premises are true, they would seem to support the need for long-term on-line availability of posts. But, that said, I don't accept the premise that you need to view a large number of a user's posts in order to make an accurate judgment about the user's knowledgeability. Proof by counterexample: Read any single post by rgold and any single post by subantz.

Jay

Your vast library of posts has proved that you are a douche; this can also be determined through just one or two posts.

Fuck you, too.

Jay

The essential JT signal.

DMT


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curt wrote:
dingus wrote:
Its funny toast, I haven't heard ONE good reason why this group of site users is entitled to take my posts.

Not one.

I HAVE heard reasons, petulant, asshole reasons...

That's the thing about hearing. It's just so terribly difficult, if you're not willing to listen.

Curt

I read every attempt at a convincing point, from the insincerity of [ideaLs when that a couple of selfish bastards tried to take adatesman's posts, to the subsequent hand wringing, yours included.

They all amount to 'we take what we want. That's just the way the internet it.'

Its lame. Its dish water. But I heard every word, read every attempt at an argument. Not one solid point, not one.

DMT


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This post was edited by wonderwoman.


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jt512 wrote:
dr_feelgood wrote:
jt512 wrote:
caughtinside wrote:
I guess I don't understand this crazy hard on to demand things be available online in perpetuity.

It's a forum post. Made by someone you don't know.

Where is the value in this? The value comes from knowing the user. Here, it's by online reputation. Aric developed a reputation after a while as a guy who knew something about engineering and gear testing. The only reason his posts have any value is because you have seen his whole body of work.

By preserving his entire body of work, you are forcing him against his will to remain on here. That's lame. Any one of his posts on its own has no value. They only have value when taken as a whole.

I don't understand your argument. If the bolded premises are true, they would seem to support the need for long-term on-line availability of posts. But, that said, I don't accept the premise that you need to view a large number of a user's posts in order to make an accurate judgment about the user's knowledgeability. Proof by counterexample: Read any single post by rgold and any single post by subantz.

Jay

Your vast library of posts has proved that you are a douche; this can also be determined through just one or two posts.

Fuck you, too.

Jay

Way to drive home a point Jay. Classic! Laugh


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dingus wrote:
jt512 wrote:
dr_feelgood wrote:
jt512 wrote:
caughtinside wrote:
I guess I don't understand this crazy hard on to demand things be available online in perpetuity.

It's a forum post. Made by someone you don't know.

Where is the value in this? The value comes from knowing the user. Here, it's by online reputation. Aric developed a reputation after a while as a guy who knew something about engineering and gear testing. The only reason his posts have any value is because you have seen his whole body of work.

By preserving his entire body of work, you are forcing him against his will to remain on here. That's lame. Any one of his posts on its own has no value. They only have value when taken as a whole.

I don't understand your argument. If the bolded premises are true, they would seem to support the need for long-term on-line availability of posts. But, that said, I don't accept the premise that you need to view a large number of a user's posts in order to make an accurate judgment about the user's knowledgeability. Proof by counterexample: Read any single post by rgold and any single post by subantz.

Jay

Your vast library of posts has proved that you are a douche; this can also be determined through just one or two posts.

Fuck you, too.

Jay

The essential JT signal.

DMT

Send me a PM at some point if you regain your sanity. In the meantime...

*plonk*


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jt512 wrote:
dingus wrote:
jt512 wrote:
dr_feelgood wrote:
jt512 wrote:
caughtinside wrote:
I guess I don't understand this crazy hard on to demand things be available online in perpetuity.

It's a forum post. Made by someone you don't know.

Where is the value in this? The value comes from knowing the user. Here, it's by online reputation. Aric developed a reputation after a while as a guy who knew something about engineering and gear testing. The only reason his posts have any value is because you have seen his whole body of work.

By preserving his entire body of work, you are forcing him against his will to remain on here. That's lame. Any one of his posts on its own has no value. They only have value when taken as a whole.

I don't understand your argument. If the bolded premises are true, they would seem to support the need for long-term on-line availability of posts. But, that said, I don't accept the premise that you need to view a large number of a user's posts in order to make an accurate judgment about the user's knowledgeability. Proof by counterexample: Read any single post by rgold and any single post by subantz.

Jay

Your vast library of posts has proved that you are a douche; this can also be determined through just one or two posts.

Fuck you, too.

Jay

The essential JT signal.

DMT

Send me a PM at some point if you regain your sanity. In the meantime...

*plonk*

Catch 22; if he knows he's insane, then he's not insane.


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edge wrote:
How about if we made posts edible. I'm starving.

Dinner for two then?


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dingus wrote:
curt wrote:
dingus wrote:
Its funny toast, I haven't heard ONE good reason why this group of site users is entitled to take my posts.

Not one.

I HAVE heard reasons, petulant, asshole reasons...

That's the thing about hearing. It's just so terribly difficult, if you're not willing to listen.

Curt

I read every attempt at a convincing point, from the insincerity of [ideaLs when that a couple of selfish bastards tried to take adatesman's posts, to the subsequent hand wringing, yours included.

They all amount to 'we take what we want. That's just the way the internet it.'

Its lame. Its dish water. But I heard every word, read every attempt at an argument. Not one solid point, not one.

DMT

Sorry Dingus, but I'm afraid you're the one here with no point at all. You can claim all you want to to the contrary (and say it as loudly as you want, and as many times as you want) but you do not have absolute control your over content here, or anywhere else, for that matter. I know this continues to upset you terribly--and I fully realize that you wish the world worked differently, but I'm afraid it is what it is.

Curt


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jt512 wrote:
dingus wrote:
jt512 wrote:
dr_feelgood wrote:
jt512 wrote:
caughtinside wrote:
I guess I don't understand this crazy hard on to demand things be available online in perpetuity.

It's a forum post. Made by someone you don't know.

Where is the value in this? The value comes from knowing the user. Here, it's by online reputation. Aric developed a reputation after a while as a guy who knew something about engineering and gear testing. The only reason his posts have any value is because you have seen his whole body of work.

By preserving his entire body of work, you are forcing him against his will to remain on here. That's lame. Any one of his posts on its own has no value. They only have value when taken as a whole.

I don't understand your argument. If the bolded premises are true, they would seem to support the need for long-term on-line availability of posts. But, that said, I don't accept the premise that you need to view a large number of a user's posts in order to make an accurate judgment about the user's knowledgeability. Proof by counterexample: Read any single post by rgold and any single post by subantz.

Jay

Your vast library of posts has proved that you are a douche; this can also be determined through just one or two posts.

Fuck you, too.

Jay

The essential JT signal.

DMT

Send me a PM at some point if you regain your sanity. In the meantime...

*plonk*

Wow. That was almost as efficient as a NKVD death squad during the purges.

Stalin was not a tall person, either.


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jt512 wrote:
dingus wrote:
jt512 wrote:
dr_feelgood wrote:
jt512 wrote:
caughtinside wrote:
I guess I don't understand this crazy hard on to demand things be available online in perpetuity.

It's a forum post. Made by someone you don't know.

Where is the value in this? The value comes from knowing the user. Here, it's by online reputation. Aric developed a reputation after a while as a guy who knew something about engineering and gear testing. The only reason his posts have any value is because you have seen his whole body of work.

By preserving his entire body of work, you are forcing him against his will to remain on here. That's lame. Any one of his posts on its own has no value. They only have value when taken as a whole.

I don't understand your argument. If the bolded premises are true, they would seem to support the need for long-term on-line availability of posts. But, that said, I don't accept the premise that you need to view a large number of a user's posts in order to make an accurate judgment about the user's knowledgeability. Proof by counterexample: Read any single post by rgold and any single post by subantz.

Jay

Your vast library of posts has proved that you are a douche; this can also be determined through just one or two posts.

Fuck you, too.

Jay

The essential JT signal.

DMT

Send me a PM at some point if you regain your sanity. In the meantime...

*plonk*

I think Jay might actually have a rather enjoyable RC experience once he has finally Kill Filed everyone! Laugh

People have claimed that RC's main attraction for anyone with more than a season's worth of rock climbing knowledge is "noise." Now that Angry has left and Jay is on his way to kill filing every last person (or otherwise completing his plan to phase out RC), even the banter is going to start going away! Ha, we can't even maintain that!


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Re: [spikeddem] Should posts be editable after they are made and if so, for how long after? [In reply to]
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spikeddem wrote:
jt512 wrote:
dingus wrote:
jt512 wrote:
dr_feelgood wrote:
jt512 wrote:
caughtinside wrote:
I guess I don't understand this crazy hard on to demand things be available online in perpetuity.

It's a forum post. Made by someone you don't know.

Where is the value in this? The value comes from knowing the user. Here, it's by online reputation. Aric developed a reputation after a while as a guy who knew something about engineering and gear testing. The only reason his posts have any value is because you have seen his whole body of work.

By preserving his entire body of work, you are forcing him against his will to remain on here. That's lame. Any one of his posts on its own has no value. They only have value when taken as a whole.

I don't understand your argument. If the bolded premises are true, they would seem to support the need for long-term on-line availability of posts. But, that said, I don't accept the premise that you need to view a large number of a user's posts in order to make an accurate judgment about the user's knowledgeability. Proof by counterexample: Read any single post by rgold and any single post by subantz.

Jay

Your vast library of posts has proved that you are a douche; this can also be determined through just one or two posts.

Fuck you, too.

Jay

The essential JT signal.

DMT

Send me a PM at some point if you regain your sanity. In the meantime...

*plonk*

I think Jay might actually have a rather enjoyable RC experience once he has finally Kill Filed everyone! Laugh

People have claimed that RC's main attraction for anyone with more than a season's worth of rock climbing knowledge is "noise." Now that Angry has left and Jay is on his way to kill filing every last person (or otherwise completing his plan to phase out RC), even the banter is going to start going away! Ha, we can't even maintain that!

Oh noes, people will have to start to post worthwhile content. Shock horror, Oh the humanility. The sky is falling on our heads, run, think of the children.

Was that noise or content. Yeah, noise. I'll go now and take my meds.

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