Has anyone noticed how the edit strap at the bottom of a post now appears if you do anything other than submit a perfect post?

Previously there was a 5 minute grace period during which you could make several edits without the 'Last edited by ...' tag appearing.

I always use the 'Preview Post' feature prior to posting but, invariably, once you've posted and re-read the submission there are one or more changes (in a reasonable length post) which need to be made - just Murphy's Law in action.

Why has the 5 minute editing period been abolished?

Glad to know it's not my imagination then!

I'm sure there must be a reason in some admin's mind but I can't think of one at the moment, unless it's something to do with the 'bot problem'. I'm sure Sabb will be along to tell us why when he's found out.

yep, that IS a bit confusing. To be PC.
Could make everyone more careful about spelling, though?

It's not so much the spelling Probes, it's about the missed coma or apostrophe and correcting it before the grammar police pounce.

Wow that really is goig to hurt us dulexics

I hate it, and have started a war against the change. (that'll learn 'em!)


Us dyslexics find the big screen much better for editing, and that grace period allowed us to pop back and tidy up. Having that pointless message stuck right up against our text is eye-distracting, much in the same way as those cute little . . . Oh, hush my mouth.
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We're not sure about the reason for such a change. It may indeed have to do with bot detection. We are discussing and will update here when we figure out what's going on.

Sounds good!

Also, gg, if it's a , then it's not so bad, I guess...
ok, seriously, I did get your message and I agree and I make typos etc myself, too.

Whilst I'm not in favour of the change, I'm almost pleased to discover that I'm not the only one who discovers mistakes in carefully crafted prose after "Submit Reply" button is pushed.

Same. I thought it was just me.

Just another of those really minor things, I reckon... not even enough to get the irrits about

One possible benefit... you can see at a glance whether or not the post was last edited by the OP!

Alright, we've figured out what's going on. The short editing time is an anti-spammer measure; what a lot of the recent spammers are doing are leaving legitimate-looking posts (thus escaping our various spam filters), and then editing the posts to include spam links. (Our spam filters don't seem to catch content after it's been edited.)

Spammer activity seems to have abated significantly after shortening the edit time, though we don't know if it's direct cause-and-effect. So we are keeping the short edit time in place for now so that we can track results over time.

Yes, its annoying.

I do preview my posts, but there is always as you say in French "l'esprit d'escalier"!

Mac

qv....

Thanks for the info CleeIB, looks like we're stuck with it for awhile then.

Yes, thank you CleeIB.

There is a lot of activity behind the scenes that we don't see. The work of those people who keep the forums running smoothly and safely is very much appreciated by the end users.

Concur. One has only to spend a little time on a forum which is unedited or poorly so to appreciate the unpaid effort expended here.

measured in nano-seconds it seems.

Thanks for the info anyway. It is your train set.