Editing Posts

[Mercen-X]

Damn! That search button isn't worth crap!

Oh!? Hello. I can't find a thread on this so I'm assuming it hasn't been brought up. Probably because it doesn't need to be addressed.

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There are a lot of posters who find themselves posting a second too late. They post a comment that is supposed to be a direct reply to an above poster yet by the time they hit the "Submit" button, someone else's post has already taken their intended position.

Afterward, said poster would go back and edit their post to say something along the lines of the following:

"EDIT - Damn you [pizzaface]! I was just going to post! This replies to [sockpuppet]."

I don't understand why, if they can take the time to edit in an EDIT, why can't they simply include a quote from their target? Or they could put at the top of their post "This is in response to [sockpuppet]"
To me, it just seems a bit strange.

[eestlinc]

well, if you are replying to the most recent post it seems kinda dumb to quote it or point out that you are replying to it. Besides, when someone else slips in between you get great awkwardness like this:

Cats are so much better than dogs.

SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM

You are my hero. Let's get married

[Mercen-X]

That's exactly what I mean. The person at bottom is forced to EDIT his post to be more specific, but it seems dumb to target the person who slipped in ahead of you. Just specify who you're talking about with a quote or something DURING the EDIT.

[Psychotic]

catluvr6969 obviously meant me anyway, so there's no problem there!

EDIT: Oh, what do you know? I guess this is one of those situations! I totally meant eest.

[eestlinc]

Now I ask, why would you want to prevent such moments?

[Dragon Ash]

Hmm... somehow I don't think it took you 9 minutes to write -

'catluvr6969 obviously meant me anyway, so there's no problem there!'

Psy, you're slipping man.

[Psychotic]

Oh, I broke my hand. Hands. Fifty times each. With a hammer. Yep.

But eh check Psychotic and Mercen-X's post times.

[Dragon Ash]

Broken hands, eh... I was thinking of repetitive strain in your wrists...

[Leeza]

I never quote the person I'm responding to if they're the last poster, unless I know that it might take me a while to type out my post. Then I will quote the person so I won't have to go back and do it again, just in case.

However, if someone does manage to get in ahead of me, I will edit my post by inserting a quote. But that's me. Some people just have a different style and as long as they manage to convey who they're talking to in one form or another it's okay by me.

[Vyk]

Yeah, admins should totally add the option for users to control threads so they can move their posts up and down. Imagine how fun conversations would look after someone got bored and played with that....

[eestlinc]

Oh, I broke my hand. Hands. Fifty times each. With a hammer. Yep.

By 'hammer' do you actually mean 'light bulb'?

[Raistlin]

That's exactly what I mean. The person at bottom is forced to EDIT his post to be more specific, but it seems dumb to target the person who slipped in ahead of you. Just specify who you're talking about with a quote or something DURING the EDIT.

But everybody already does it. I don't provide a quote, but I'll say something like "EDIT: Damn you, psy. This is in reply to BooB's post"

[Yamaneko]

I agree.

EDIT: Damn it Raist, eest, Vyk, Leeza, Dragon Ash, Psychotic, Dragon Ash (again), eest (not you again), Psychotic, Mercen-X, and eestlinc! Directed at Mercen-X.

[Del Murder]

Yams, you're becomming too predictable.

[fire_of_avalon]

Oh, I broke my hand. Hands. Fifty times each. With a hammer. Yep.

By 'hammer' do you actually mean 'light bulb'?

ZING