[FamousHater]

It would be nice if R3kt users had an even further extended time, as theoretically those are the users that would be less likely to change quality content.

agreed. as very few of those members here so would be a nice perk to add to usergroup

[Bαker]

It would be nice if R3kt users had an even further extended time, as theoretically those are the users that would be less likely to change quality content.

He already said rekt won't.

[Pulz]

He already said rekt won't.

What I may end up doing is giving R3kt and Mentor members a much longer edit period too.

[Bαker]

Shit thought he said he won't rip my b

[Crystallize.]

Shit thought he said he won't rip my b

What the hell buddy, I can't seem to understand what you tried to write.

[webdev77]

What I may end up doing is giving R3kt and Mentor members a much longer edit period too.

That would be appreciated. I really hope that people in either of these groups know the rules and are clear on this.

[Armada]

That would be appreciated. I really hope that people in either of these groups know the rules and are clear on this.

At that point they should.
One would think members of these ranks would behave themselves.
I personally would just say if a member in these groups abused the features like this, ban them for a good while, or repeat abuse, closure.

R3kt and Mentors are suppose to set a standard for the newer users. Way I have always viewed it at least.

[Gt403cyl]

At that point they should.
One would think members of these ranks would behave themselves.
I personally would just say if a member in these groups abused the features like this, ban them for a good while, or repeat abuse, closure.

R3kt and Mentors are suppose to set a standard for the newer users. Way I have always viewed it at least.

I agree if members have been active for a long enough time to be in those groups they should know how to behave....

[Hydra]

What situation do you need to edit posts constantly? I don't see a reason past 90 days.

There's a lot of legit reasons for editing past 90 days honestly. Guides, marketplace threads, graphic design services, etc. Really not liking this change but I guess there wasn't much else on the table. Fucking idiots had to continue abusing. Now we have to deal with the limits.

I hope Omni considers an extra feature where we can be given an extended period. Like if we contact staff or something like a report button to request edit authorization. This would allow those who have legitimate reasons to modify their threads a year down the road. If authorization approved, we have 48 hours for example to edit our thread before it gets locked. And each time it'd be reviewed by mentor or w.e. This prevents abuse by staff and mentor modifying threads. This would also allow staff and mentor to make a copy of the thread before approving. If a member abuses that, they get blacklisted from that feature.

EDIT:

IF thread age > 90 days:
submit edit awaiting approval (maybe like an unapproved post)

On the mod area, staff/mentor can view original and changed side by side. If changes are legit and not abusive, approve change. If not legit, strike. 3 strikes, blacklisted from edit feature past 90 days.

1. This prevents the concern of abuse from staff/mentor directly editing post;
2. This solves the problem of legit threads needing update past 90 days;
3. Prevents edit abuse and prevents new feature abuse (3 strike rule).

Don't see any flaw in this besides it's probably a pain in the ass to code this up and that it adds more work for staff/mentors (but this is a quick Approve/Reject thing)? #MyBBStruggle

One minor flaw which is pretty damn extreme is... mentor/staff work with that member to approve the request even though it's abusive. Maybe make it 2 confirms required to be approved? Not sure, but the damage done can't be as bad as Morchid's situation. Oh, also maybe limit the amount of requests that can be made a day? 1-2 edit requests.

[Makaveli The Don]

So much complaining happening in one thread. You guys keep forgetting that Omni has to make sure that the website keeps growing. A lot of people find the forums by searching on Google shit like "How do I hack this" or "How do I use that" and if assholes do things like junking or removing their content, what do you think the newbies are going to do? They're going to think that the forum is full of deleted and bad quality shit and just close the forums tab and never come back.

I know for a fact I've joined these forums 7 years ago by searching on google "How to hack MSN" (could be something else but you get the point) and a tutorial I've read despite the language barrier made me stay for more.

Most new people don't join here to socialize at first, they join to learn how to hack or how to do techy stuff. It's called "Hack Forums" ffs. Only seasoned members like us think beyond that, and start doing other shit like creating friends, selling products and more. Most new people don't.

So yes, this is good, and we have to adapt. Deal with it.

[Vana]

So much complaining happening in one thread. You guys keep forgetting that Omni has to make sure that the website keeps growing. A lot of people find the forums by searching on Google shit like "How do I hack this" or "How do I use that" and if assholes do things like junking or removing their content, what do you think the newbies are going to do? They're going to think that the forum is full of deleted and bad quality shit and just close the forums tab and never come back.

I don't think anybody is debating whether edit abuse is a problem. The complaining in this thread seems to be more directed to this particular solution. Eliminating editing completely and limiting it like this are the worst possible solutions for the community. It's a lazy solution really.

[Vittorio]

Surely this is how the Nazis came to power.

[Charger]

I’d rather see rep fucks come back then this. This sucks. Fuck everyone who abused edit. Just like junk... we can’t have nice things.

[Omniscient]

Eliminating editing completely and limiting it like this are the worst possible solutions for the community. It's a lazy solution really.

Editing isn't eliminated. If you want the worst possible solution I can just remove everyones ability to edit their posts completely. So before you go an open your big fucking mouth and tell me I'm lazy how about you fuck off.

[Vana_tmp]

Editing isn't eliminated. If you want the worst possible solution I can just remove everyones ability to edit their posts completely. So before you go an open your big fucking mouth and tell me I'm lazy how about you fuck off.

I said those two solutions were the worst possible, you picked one of them.

Changing a couple MyBB settings to solve this was incredibly lazy. Quit being a control freak and recruit some members to develop a better solution in the form of a plugin. Idiot.