Editing comments

woodbine

Ada said:

I deleted stuff I’ve written quite often. But not because it’s nasty or breaking rules. It’s because I am normally talking about my illnesses and by the time I get to the end. I don’t have the confidence to post it. As I don’t have the confidence in my ability to not appear a idiot. 
especially if I feel unsupported or patronised Which seems often recently   

@Ada sorry you sometimes feel that way

woodbine

back to 60 minutes now

michael57

woodbine said:

Ada said:

I deleted stuff I’ve written quite often. But not because it’s nasty or breaking rules. It’s because I am normally talking about my illnesses and by the time I get to the end. I don’t have the confidence to post it. As I don’t have the confidence in my ability to not appear a idiot. 
especially if I feel unsupported or patronised Which seems often recently   

@Ada sorry you sometimes feel that way

i wouldnt worry about it i delete a lot of my comments as i am and always have been a say it as i see it kinda guy black is black white is white apart from my hair 

chiarieds

I rather enjoy your comments @michael57 - I like people who say it how it is, so long as they're not going to say anything derogatory about another poster, rather instead comment on the content of their post!

There's also the ability to 'save a draft,' which I do use, not least because my dratted (really beloved) cat has found the 'back space' button with her front paw, so I can lose nearly all of my intended post, & walks across my keyboard several times a day! 

Sometimes I'm unsure whether to post something, so use the 'save a draft' function to leave it a while, or until the next day, then either post/delete it.

You can always delete part of a comment before posting it, but I suppose being able to delete something after posting within 60 mins is helpful to some. Anyway, editing a post within 60 mins should soon be sorted for everyone.

poppy123456

Mine is also showing 1 hour now. I often edit comments because after I posted I often think of extra information. My fault for not reading through what I've typed before posting. I don't edit comments for any other reason. I have known myself to comment and save it as draft, I may post it at a later date or delete it completely. 

Although sometimes I find the ability to edit a comment only within 1 hour is frustrating but having said that I do agree with the teams reason for putting this in place.

Annieanxious

Please can someone explain how to edit a post for future reference please?

Albus_Scope

HI @Annieanxious no problem.  When you need to edit, if able to, you should have a little cog icon in the top right of the comment, click that, then just edit  and you can update things that way. 

Annieanxious

There isn't a cog above the post I just made asking the question 

Albus_Scope

Hey @Annieanxious the ability to edit comes with increased ranks, so I believe currently it's 100 points to be able to edit comments? It's something the team are discussing currently. 

Annieanxious

Ah that explains it then. Thanks @Albus_Scope!