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<blockquote data-quote="Plane Sailing" data-source="post: 3507447" data-attributes="member: 114"><p>Hi Asmor,</p><p></p><p>The ability to go and edit any post is something that could be easy to abuse, and we are mindful of that. The decision of whether to edit or delete is one that is carefully considered. </p><p></p><p>Speaking for myself, if someone has a good post which they spoil with one insult, I would rather edit or remove the insult and leave the good part of the post rather than summarily delete the whole thing and throw the baby out with the bathwater. </p><p></p><p>In addition there is sometimes a benefit from justice 'being seen to be done' - where editing a nasty post and leaving a warning message makes it clear that certain behaviour has not been condoned. Deleted posts don't always serve this point, as the fact that they have been deleted is invisible to regular users - it just isn't there any more.</p><p></p><p>When we do edit things, we would normally make it clear that it is an edit that we have made, and the reason for that edit - you won't see us making invisible edits to peoples work for instance (which would be disingenuous). We do aim to be pretty upfront about things whenever we can (and if it appears that we are not, it is because we are dealing with issues by email behind the scenes).</p><p></p><p>Cheers</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Plane Sailing, post: 3507447, member: 114"] Hi Asmor, The ability to go and edit any post is something that could be easy to abuse, and we are mindful of that. The decision of whether to edit or delete is one that is carefully considered. Speaking for myself, if someone has a good post which they spoil with one insult, I would rather edit or remove the insult and leave the good part of the post rather than summarily delete the whole thing and throw the baby out with the bathwater. In addition there is sometimes a benefit from justice 'being seen to be done' - where editing a nasty post and leaving a warning message makes it clear that certain behaviour has not been condoned. Deleted posts don't always serve this point, as the fact that they have been deleted is invisible to regular users - it just isn't there any more. When we do edit things, we would normally make it clear that it is an edit that we have made, and the reason for that edit - you won't see us making invisible edits to peoples work for instance (which would be disingenuous). We do aim to be pretty upfront about things whenever we can (and if it appears that we are not, it is because we are dealing with issues by email behind the scenes). Cheers [/QUOTE]
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