An edit button in myLot?

I guess they don't want to give us the ability to do this as they can't be sure that we will improve it. We might decide we don't want the post on the net any more and completely delete it! It would be silly of myLot to risk getting incomplete discussions and things that no longer make sense because part of the discussion has been edited. They can't really just rely on other myLotters to report abuse if the quality of the post decreases, it's not just the quality that's important but also the flow. And myLot's reputation would be at risk if it didn't make sense. Also, it would be difficult for other myLotters to judge if the quality of your post has decreased; they might not have seen the original version, and whether or not it has got worse is a subjective thing.

So we ask the question, if myLotters were given an edit button, what would they use if for? I have no concrete data, but since it's an "edit" button, I think is would be used to do minor corrections. Yes, I do acknowledge your point of it's potential for abuse, however, I believe it would be silly for an individual to manually delete his text just because he realized he wouldn't want to post in the web. If someone really does do that, we have the "!" button. The flow of the discussion would not be compromised for minor edits, but if it does, fellow myLotters could use the "!" button, yet again, to report to the admin. Quality is indeed subjective, I agree with you liquorice. However, I think the chances of a writing being perceived as good would significantly increase if the author perceive it as good himself. Thank you so much for you ideas liquorice, I appreciate it. I'm glad to find people in myLot who engage in sensible argument. Cheers and keep posting!

liquorice, your argument actually makes sense. However, it surely wouldn't be a problem for the admin if I can improve the quality of my post by editing, but I got paid lower because the quality of my post prior to the edit was poorer, and who would edit to make his post worse? If someone does for some unknown reason, we can easily report abuse through the "!" button. The part were we contact admin to delete a discussion, if there's a better way to do that -- easier and faster, then I'd greatly appreciate.

Well, we can only hope the admin hears it this time or perhaps consider it in the next site update.

The same happened to me alokn99, and how I wish there's an edit button just like the forums that I post to... I'd suggest edits be implemented as a feature to members with a certain number of posts to reduce system load. Something similar to copy-paste, smileys, and the star beside our names. As for editing a post with comments already, an "edited (x hours/min/sec ago)" indicator would be enough i guess (also reduces system load). It informs the reader to increase their error tolerance on the topic upon reading the comments given prior to the edit.

Glad you shared my idea wolfechu!