"Your Post Has Been Edited" notification??
Aug 4, 2021, 3:22 pm
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"Your Post Has Been Edited" notification??
I'm wondering about the possibility of receiving an automatic notification when a FT's post has been edited by a moderator (for any number of valid reasons).
The last thing I want to do is add any additional work to the long list of things our great moderators have to do, but I can't imagine this being an issue considering how many other automatic notifications are already done seamlessly.
I think the best way to make this work (trying to see this from the moderator's point of view), is make this a "notification that an edit has happened" only - not that the edit has happened and here's reasons X, y and z that it was necessary. I think that might get too cumbersome for mods but I am open to ideas.
Maybe the list below could have one additional line... (stolen from one of our Community Director's posts... thanks SanDiego1K )
I know that I (and I'm sure many others might) would very much appreciate the ability to see when my posts may have been edited so that (a) I may learn what mistakes I've made and why - therefore hopefully making me a better poster in the end. Hopefully when implemented, this feature would actually cut down on the work of our overburdened mods. And (b) so that I could make sure that the main point of my post is still coming thru.
Any thoughts... ?
The last thing I want to do is add any additional work to the long list of things our great moderators have to do, but I can't imagine this being an issue considering how many other automatic notifications are already done seamlessly.
I think the best way to make this work (trying to see this from the moderator's point of view), is make this a "notification that an edit has happened" only - not that the edit has happened and here's reasons X, y and z that it was necessary. I think that might get too cumbersome for mods but I am open to ideas.
Maybe the list below could have one additional line... (stolen from one of our Community Director's posts... thanks SanDiego1K )
I know that I (and I'm sure many others might) would very much appreciate the ability to see when my posts may have been edited so that (a) I may learn what mistakes I've made and why - therefore hopefully making me a better poster in the end. Hopefully when implemented, this feature would actually cut down on the work of our overburdened mods. And (b) so that I could make sure that the main point of my post is still coming thru.
Any thoughts... ?
Last edited by fireworksboy; Aug 4, 2021 at 4:07 pm
Aug 4, 2021, 4:36 pm
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I'm all for it. It's frustrating when posts are edited or removed without notification, especially when you are searching for a post that you know you have made.
Aug 4, 2021, 9:21 pm
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Aug 7, 2021, 7:35 pm
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Check your PMs. I have a few related to moved/removed posts but they don’t generate any notifications so I had no idea the actions were taken. I do get notifications for other PMs though.
Aug 7, 2021, 7:57 pm
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If I'm not mistaken, we ARE notified if posts are moved, but not if they're removed (I.e., deleted).
Aug 10, 2021, 6:32 am
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Not reasonable
Either post my message as-is, showing my name as the author, or else remove my name and show it as “community member post edited by moderator abc”
Aug 10, 2021, 11:11 am
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