There's a problem with 'privileges' here?
Hi
I'm stunned by what I can and cannot do on this website, particularly in relation to my own stuff.
To summarise :
1. In a topic which I begin, I can edit the first post whenever I like. (Fine - I have no problem with that).
2. In the same topic, I can Delete not only my own posts, but those made by other people! (This is appalling - I shouldn't be able to delete other people's posts, even if I did start the topic.)
3. In topics that others have started, I cannot edit or remove my own posts, not even in a brief 'window', e.g. up to 15 minutes after posting. (This is also bad - I should be able to edit my posts or even delete them).
In all other forums you can edit yourself, even if they only give you a brief period of time in which to do this. Popular sites like Facebook and Twitter allow you to delete your own posts whenever you want. Nowhere else do I have the power to delete posts made by other people.
Are other people shocked by this? I'd be interested to hear a variety of views, especially from Word Cloud moderators who could explain their thinking on this?
I'm stunned by what I can and cannot do on this website, particularly in relation to my own stuff.
To summarise :
1. In a topic which I begin, I can edit the first post whenever I like. (Fine - I have no problem with that).
2. In the same topic, I can Delete not only my own posts, but those made by other people! (This is appalling - I shouldn't be able to delete other people's posts, even if I did start the topic.)
3. In topics that others have started, I cannot edit or remove my own posts, not even in a brief 'window', e.g. up to 15 minutes after posting. (This is also bad - I should be able to edit my posts or even delete them).
In all other forums you can edit yourself, even if they only give you a brief period of time in which to do this. Popular sites like Facebook and Twitter allow you to delete your own posts whenever you want. Nowhere else do I have the power to delete posts made by other people.
Are other people shocked by this? I'd be interested to hear a variety of views, especially from Word Cloud moderators who could explain their thinking on this?
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It means I can now say 'Doh! Sorry...didn't understand you were talking about forum posts.'
8-(
Odd things do happen at times. Once, I had to ask the moderators for help as my wall went into some sort of time-warp! It had to be deleted manually and I then re-registered.
Might be worth messaging the 'Word Cloud' profile directly.
By the way - I DO have an edit button in the Blog, I'm using it right now!! But not in the Critiques forum where I spend most of my time.
It's a bit annoying that if there's a typo then it has to stay. Saying that, it's only a comment on someone else's work, so it shouldn't matter really.
As for deleting other peoples' comments on your own work, that would be a bit silly as they're there to offer guidance. If I commented and it was removed, I wouldn't bother commenting again, so it's not likely to keep happening.
I'm not sure why sometimes we can and other times we can't but it doesn't really bother me. If I were to delete someone's comment I'd simply expect them to not bother helping me again.
If we have initiated the Forum topic, then we had the option to edit our original text or to delete the whole topic, which includes everyon's comments, but (and I'm pretty sure I'm remembering correctly; others will put me right, if I'm not) we didn't used to be able to delete even our own subsequent comments, let alone anyone else's. This is a new feature to me - at least I hadn't noticed it before - and I'd agree with you, we shouldn't have the ability to delete another's comment. If it is new, as I think, it seems to have been an attempt to redress the situation where we couldn't edit or delete our own comments and the programmers has misinterpreted what they were asked to do.
Thanks for pointing it out. I hope the Cloud techies see this and take action.
I'm not sure if it is because it's a Social Go site, but I just assumed that they all operate the same way and the owner signs up to that format? I'm not sure if they can be customised or not so I could be wrong?
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