Do you let members delete or edit their posts?

[Deleted member 49125]

Going from the other topic of Deleting own accounts. Some don't like to do that as it disrupts the flow, which I can understand. What about the option to at least EDIT? Nothing like being embarrassed hitting POST prematurely & there was a faux pas in there lol
I let members delete or edit posts. Now, maybe if my forum was bigger & was active for several years, I wouldn't allow the deleting. But I would still allow editing, with the hopes that it was a simple typo they were trying to correct.
I'm of the mindset even tho it's MY forum, it's really THEIR posts. Some are their deep thoughts & maybe they decided not to post as much detail & instead of waiting for Staff to come on to edit for them, they can do it right then & there.
No right or wrong answers. Just getting conversations going 🙂

 

[Page]

I say every single website/forum should allow every single member to able to edit their posts. Yes In all, I used to have a delay after posting you have to wait for X amount before you can edit your posts however I removed it since it's just a pain in the butt if you made a mistake in your content and have to wait X amount to fix your posts.

Regards deletion, Nope they can't delete. However for VIP and or paid upgraded accounts then maybe yes they can remove/delete. However, if that person is a VIP and one day he wanted to remove his account, he will delete every 400 posts for example and then BANG. Soooo... Nope, I say do powers to delete other than staff and under request

 

[Ozzy47]

No, I don’t allow deletion past 10 minutes.

 

[Deleted member 7467]

I delete all posts so there’s no reason to enable this for accounts that will surely end up banned. I like having this feature though on communities I visit.

 

[Page]

I delete all posts so there’s no reason to enable this for accounts that will surely end up banned. I like having this feature though on communities I visit.

Then delete all your posts on FP then 🙂

 

[Teg]

Personally, no. I don't like or "allow" deletion of posts. I'd much rather move them to a trash board out of site if something is to be removed.

 

[MrDawn]

I'd allow the members to edit posts. I would never let them delete anything though.

 

[Teg]

Oh, as far as editing goes, most of the time yes. But, if there's an event or contest that doesn't allow for it, then no.

 

[Deleted member 4320]

I think you should be able to edit for up to an hour after posting and able to delete up to 5 minutes after posting.

I can’t generally see a good reason to all longer time frames. Once a message has been sent, it tends to remain unchanged for the large majority of the time.

 

[Deleted member 31696]

Our members have an hour to edit posts. They cannot, however, delete posts. They can contact me and ask for a post deletion, and if they have a valid reason, I will do it for them.

 

[Page]

Even VIPs do not have the power to able to remove content unless they own and run their own board/categories, but that's a soft delete 🙂 for that matter.

No one has mention regards soft delete at all here. They think it's removed but it's hidden instant or moved to the trash folder.

 

[Pinky]

Editing is fine within a certain time limit. I wouldn't like members to be able to delete their posts though.

 

[KnownSyntax]

Editing is allowed and will show a saved version under the post for all others to view what was edited.

Deleting I do not allow unless you want to close your account through GDPR reasons, or if it’s spam/off-topic completely.

 

[Allan]

I don't mind allowing members to edit there posts but not delete them, they can always report the post and asked to be deleted for what ever reason they want too.

 

[Bookwormlux]

Editing is fine within a certain time limit. I wouldn't like members to be able to delete their posts though.

Editing helps one to correct any mistakes made when posting.

 

[Ash]

I'm not sure what the current permissions are but users should be able to edit their posts without any time restrictions on DH. We don't let users delete content though.

 

[Moonface]

I don't allow anyone to delete their posts. If they wish to do so, they can ask myself or another staff member to do it. Editing is fine though and not allowing it would just encourage people to double post to add onto or fix their previous post which I'd then need to merge together, and it's just tedious for everyone at that point.

 

[Deleted member 31696]

I don't allow anyone to delete their posts. If they wish to do so, they can ask myself or another staff member to do it. Editing is fine though and not allowing it would just encourage people to double post to add onto or fix their previous post which I'd then need to merge together, and it's just tedious for everyone at that point.

I do the same thing on my forum.

 

[Fait]

I personally don’t mind allowing users to edit their posts.