Do you edit your comments?
By Wendy789
@Drosophila (16571)
Ireland
55 responses
@LovingMyBabies (85288)
• Valdosta, Georgia
2 Jun 16
Sometimes I do edit my comments when I realize it didn't make sense or if I made a typo.
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@Drosophila (16571)
• Ireland
3 Jun 16
@LovingMyBabies I am the same, sometimes I just re-read what I wrote and thought.. Gee that makes 0 sense
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@Drosophila (16571)
• Ireland
3 Jun 16
@Marty1 me 2! there are days I just can't seem to write at all
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@ramapo17 (30441)
• Melbourne, Florida
3 Jun 16
@LovingMybabies That is the way I am too.
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@just4him (317089)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
2 Jun 16
Always. I find I've responded to the question and then have to go back and comment on the post. Sometimes my head just isn't attached. Then there are the stupid typos I make that I miss or I miss a word and the comment doesn't make sense, so yes, I'm always editing.
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@Drosophila (16571)
• Ireland
3 Jun 16
Indeed, sometimes I write in a hurry, miss 1 word and it just makes 0 sense
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@just4him (317089)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
3 Jun 16
@Drosophila So do I. Which is why I always read over what I've written, and edit as necessary.
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@Drosophila (16571)
• Ireland
3 Jun 16
@topffer yes that has happened to me too.. it made my subsequent comment looked very out of place
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@Drosophila (16571)
• Ireland
3 Jun 16
@vandana7 indeed.. I think the last person tried to get banned went to more effort than that!
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@Drosophila (16571)
• Ireland
3 Jun 16
Indeed, am kinda trigger happy when it come to the "comment" button.. then I realised all sorts of typos and so on
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@Drosophila (16571)
• Ireland
4 Jun 16
@ramapo17 yep! I think I should use dictaphone to help in those days lol
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@Drosophila (16571)
• Ireland
3 Jun 16
there are some days I just can't write at all or spell
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@ramapo17 (30441)
• Melbourne, Florida
4 Jun 16
@Drosophila Me too but sometimes I go so fast and then I end up having to fix the mistakes.
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@Jotomy (6322)
• India
3 Jun 16
@Drosophila no, but I edited my discussion for the spelling mistakes
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@Drosophila (16571)
• Ireland
3 Jun 16
right.. so you'd leave the typos and so on?
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@Drosophila (16571)
• Ireland
3 Jun 16
yep..that seems to be a common one for me
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@Bluedoll (16773)
• Canada
3 Jun 16
What do I think? Suspicious? Really? I'm surprized at the amount of paranoia on this site. For example, I deleted my history of posts for a reason I've yet to give except to say that's my decision. A member wrote a post specifically addressed on that issue stating that members that do that should not be trusted. Not be trusted? OMG. Everything you do will be questioned by someone else I guess. Use the site as you wish and enjoy your time here Wendy.
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@Bluedoll (16773)
• Canada
3 Jun 16
@Drosophila Perhaps comments can stay the way they are once someone replies if that is the case. If a post is wacko it can always be deleted and write a complete new one. Deletion is a form of edit, correct?
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@Drosophila (16571)
• Ireland
3 Jun 16
lol.. seriously it's not that bad.. just that sometimes a person edit the comment to change what they said previously.. which can be annoying if you've made additional points addressing their original comments.
@Drosophila (16571)
• Ireland
3 Jun 16
@Bluedoll after reading rest of the comments on this thread.. I can see why people would change the content of the comments, e.g. if it was perceived wrongly, and generated offense.
@Drosophila (16571)
• Ireland
3 Jun 16
just that sometimes a person edit the comment to change what they said previously.. which can be annoying if you've made additional points addressing their original comments.
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@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
3 Jun 16
@Drosophila I see that - they should not do that. They should just make extra comments if they have someting else to add, or if they change their minds.
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@Drosophila (16571)
• Ireland
3 Jun 16
@jaboUK its by no means a frequent occurrence.. but ya it does render rest of your comments looking very off topic
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@Daljinder (23236)
• Bangalore, India
3 Jun 16
Several times actually. Sometimes I miss a word in hurry and then typos. And sometimes I forget to add something or something will occur to me later on.
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@DaddyEvil (137259)
• United States
23 Jun 16
@Drosophila Hmmm... so, did the edit button fix "was so annoyin lol" (Just curious, hon... LOL!)
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@Drosophila (16571)
• Ireland
23 Jun 16
@DaddyEvil I couldn't be arsed this time around... there's only so much I want to edit xD
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@Drosophila (16571)
• Ireland
3 Jun 16
Ya, one day I ended up editing the comment a few times like you said it was typo first, then missed a word or 2.. then found typo in my correction! was so annoyin lol
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@dodo19 (47317)
• Beaconsfield, Quebec
3 Jun 16
@Drosophila definitely. I'm glad it's there.
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@annierose (21583)
• Philippines
4 Jun 16
I have been doing it most of the time. Aside from coherence, I usually have this problem in tense consistencies. If I will not edit what I found wrong in my response, the reader will not get my message clearly. I think it is better to edit it than leave it erroneous.
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@annierose (21583)
• Philippines
4 Jun 16
@Drosophila That is much better. Communication becomes easier once the post is readable.
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@Drosophila (16571)
• Ireland
4 Jun 16
indeed! I think the same.. if there's an error, it needs to be fixed
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@DaddyEvil (137259)
• United States
21 Jun 16
Well, YEAH! LOL! myLot expects us to edit our comments to other people! If they didn't expect us to edit, there wouldn't be an edit button on every comment we write!
Now, I do try to remember to write Edit: and give the reason for the edit, since it does notify the person that they have a new comment from you to read. That way nobody thinks there is a glitch in the system or thinks I am deleting comments I made to them!
We do have some very paranoid people writing on this site! Not explaining why they keep getting tagged without a new comment to show for the tag makes them very suspicious! And funny, too, when they get mad about all the tags with no new comments!
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@Drosophila (16571)
• Ireland
21 Jun 16
hahahah... I aint tried this before tag tag lol
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@CRK109 (14556)
• United States
3 Jun 16
@Drosophila oh I wouldn't go that far! lol
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