As something of an experiment, and by popular request, you can now go back and edit your postings anywhere on the forum if you're a Premium Member or Patron. You'll see an "Edit" button on any post you wrote (bottom of each post, right edge), and this will let you go back and modify your posts.
Please don't abuse it. The forum should memorialize info, listings, and even opinions, and it's usually better to post a follow-up reply if you want to amend posts, but if you've made a mistake and want to correct it, you no longer need to ask a Moderator or me.
NOTE: There are real advantages to posting a followup rather than going back to edit your post. Say you had an item for sale for $3000 and now want to drop the price to $2500. You could go back and edit your original listing, or you could post a followup in the same thread announcing the price drop.
If you choose the latter approach, adding a followup post at the bottom of the thread, the thread will get the colorful icon for "New Posts In This Thread", and more importantly, the thread will go back up to the top of the Forum area since it has a new posting on it. Also, anyone who was watching the listing or chose to subscribe to it for followups will get notified of the new post.
Had you chosen to just go back to the first post and edit the price, no one will be notified of the new price, the thread won't get the "new posts" icon, and it won't move back up to the top of the Marketplace forum. It will be MUCH harder for interested members to know about the change. This is why "Edit" should really be used to correct mistakes, not update the information.
--josh
Please don't abuse it. The forum should memorialize info, listings, and even opinions, and it's usually better to post a follow-up reply if you want to amend posts, but if you've made a mistake and want to correct it, you no longer need to ask a Moderator or me.
NOTE: There are real advantages to posting a followup rather than going back to edit your post. Say you had an item for sale for $3000 and now want to drop the price to $2500. You could go back and edit your original listing, or you could post a followup in the same thread announcing the price drop.
If you choose the latter approach, adding a followup post at the bottom of the thread, the thread will get the colorful icon for "New Posts In This Thread", and more importantly, the thread will go back up to the top of the Forum area since it has a new posting on it. Also, anyone who was watching the listing or chose to subscribe to it for followups will get notified of the new post.
Had you chosen to just go back to the first post and edit the price, no one will be notified of the new price, the thread won't get the "new posts" icon, and it won't move back up to the top of the Marketplace forum. It will be MUCH harder for interested members to know about the change. This is why "Edit" should really be used to correct mistakes, not update the information.
--josh
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