Cynthetiq

for the most part, the community here is very responsible with the power they are given to edit posts etc. We have from time to time had some individuals acid board their posts, changing them to ... all 4,000 of them. I can't tell you how bad that is because it really can ruin some very good threads rendering them incoherent.

So from that perspective, I understand where you are coming from. In those cases I have specially removed that ability from them, it may be temporary or permanent depending on the individual and their reasonableness. I have had to use that tool only a couple of times and none permanent.

Back in earlier versions of our software once it was edited, you had no idea what was edited. A couple years ago I added a mod that would track changes as you edited the posts, and now it is an available feature to the software. It is an important tool so that there isn't "No I did not say that..." or "He said something inappropriate and just edited it"

Because of that tool, we've had some edit their posts, and we've been able to restore them to their original state.

Personally, I'd rather treat people like mature adults rather than little kids. If someone is acting like a little kid, well they won't last very long here. Not by staff standards, but more by community standards.

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