Do you feel obligated to explain your "edit", when you F**k up on a post?

[maveric]

I feel no need to point out where I F**ked up. Just make my correction and run.

[qnr]

1. Obligated? No, but I try to do it n/t

[havocmom]

2. It it is in a thread with a lot of controversy or if my post might set

somebody off, yes. Easier than defending ones self against charges of changing a post after someone else replied to it.

Sometimes, if just being silly or glib, not always gonna explain.

[qnr]

7. Good point, but I never try to change the meaning of my posts, just

fix typos or add words that I left out, shown in the manner of 'sed'

Edit: s/original text/new text/

[havocmom]

27. Same here, but it is good to let others know that you just fixed a typo

Sadly, there are baiters and trolls who will twist and lie. I basically try not to give them leeway to attack my integrity. Have seen others being accused of changing a post and have seen a few who actually did after they got a bunch of heated responses. The latter is just plain chicken shit, but some have pulled it in an attempt to provoke productive people around here.

[brainshrub]

3. Sometimes.

If I add a detail that might alter the meaning. Otherwise no.

I'd say I alter 70% of my posts in some way.

ON EDIT: Lowered the percentage a bit.

[mike_c]

4. yes....

To me, the issue is making clear that I didn't change the sense or major points in my posts AFTER others have responded, or if I have, making sure everyone knows it up front.

[Jack Rabbit]

5. My policy (and I am a lousy typist)

If I catch the error right away, I fix it without explanation.

If the post has taken a response, I give a brief, not very informative explanation.

[immoderate]

9. I like that that.

Like, I explain if it needs it.

--IMM

[ghostsofgiants]

6. Nope, my edits are usually just fixed typos

[bif]

22. Same here

I never explain.

[ghostsofgiants]

29. Haha, nicely played

[kedrys]

8. Usually not

If it's a typo, no. And it's usually a typo.

[Cha]

10. NO!

But sometimes I edit and say "Edit~" and write something else in.

It's too much typing if you're just correcting spelling or errors.

[DemoTex]

11. Only if the edit changes the editorial thrust of the post.

On edit: Comma at end of sentence three changed to period.

[diddlysquat]

12. No.

[deadparrot]

13. Most of the time, yes. nt

[DS1]

14. no, unless the edit is something crucial to the thread

[SOteric]

24. Yeah, same here... Or maybe in the event of some

really embarrassing error that subsequent posts reference and is now missing.

[mcscajun]

15. Only if someone has responded to it before I 'fixed it'

If my edit isn't germane to the responses, I don't feel obligated at all.

[qnr]

16. While I understand your point, I generally do it just to simplify matters.

What I edited might not have been germane to the discussion, but people stumbling upon the thread later don't know that, and might wonder.

[CatholicEdHead]

17. No

it is usually typos and grammar fixes.

[halobeam]

18. I'm always adding something in that I forgot to say.

I like that I can put it in, as opposed to real life, the chance slips by and you're screwed.

Now if it were very serious stuff and I needed to clarify, I edit on panic mode, cuz I'm never really confrontational, of course unless someone really pisses me off.

:evilfrown:

[Maddy McCall]

19. Only if someone has already responded.

[ScreamingMeemie]

20. It depends. On what, I have no idea.

:hi:

[Maddy McCall]

31. LOL!

That's so "MrsGrumpy." :hi:

[arwalden]

21. Only When I'm Arguing And Flaming With Someone...

... so that nobody thinks I'm trying to pull a fast-one by editing a post after the other flamer has replied.

Otherwise... I don't explain whenever I make an edit.

-- Allen

(edit: I added something, but I'm not going to tell you what it is. Ha-ha!)

[ScreamingMeemie]

23. Say, now that's a good idear.

I really can't stand when that happens. :hi:

[Bok_Tukalo]

25. No.

Fuck em if they can't take a typo.

[bridgit]

26. no...

[snowbear]

28. No but I kinda wished....

...that the edit line wasn't on the very TOP of the message screen and in a red front.. :eyes:


Edit: SEE.. looks baddddd, huh? ;)

[unhappycamper]

30. Yup. But I'm getting tired of

a) fat fingers
b) forgetting shit.

[MidwestMomma]

32. Wasn't there a time when the red edit message didn't show?

I lost a few brain cells during the primaries on DU, but I was thinking at one time, you could edit and there wasn't a message so unless you added the 'editted for' people didn't know you had.

As you can imagine, that led to some HUGE flames with people accusing others of changing things after they had pissed everyone off.

Am I remembering this right? Anyone?

[Arugula Latte]

33. Don't Ask, Don't Tell

That's my motto.

[swag]

34. Somebody else has probably said the same thing,

but I only use an "on edit" when I think it will make me look clever or attentive. That illusion of "thoughtful."

Confidentially, this tactic really pulls the quality dames.

[Seneca]

35. No

Because I never make mistakes.

Edit: Until now.

[UrbScotty]

36. Nope (nt)

[cestpaspossible]

37. No

[Jara sang]

38. No

[evlbstrd]

39. Every time.

And then I say dammit.

[auntAgonist]

40. yes .. just out of courtesy

[LSdemocrat]

41. Not if I'm correcting spelling or grammar

[CarbonDate]

42. No.

If they're going to accuse me of changing the meaning of my post when all I did was fix a typo, then saying that all I did was fix a typo is not going to change that.

And sometimes I just feel like changing the meaning of my posts. Like now. j/k

[VOX]

43. No, not for typos. I will comment when I add something...

Or change my thought a bit.

[xultar]

44. I used to but now I don't.

[xmas74]

45. I do only because I used to argue on "other" sites

and people who wanted to pick the arguments would discredit you every single time you edited something-even if only for typos (which they would also point out as a reason that your argument was not sound). Actually, it's no longer an obligation so much as it is a habit.

[trogdor]

46. Hell no.

Not only that, I think the red-letter editing notice should not apply to edits made within, say, two minutes of the initial post.

[all.of.me]

47. no. i don't need to explain what i do

ever!

[bunkerbuster1]

48. Almost never

I just hope nobody sees my mistake before I fix it.