Annoyance with forum timestamps?

[gatorrobin]

If the edit function is not going to work properly it shouldn't be there. Thanks for your (non) helpful suggestion; if you can't respond in a way germane to the thread, save your keystrokes.

The edit function does work properly, there's nothing wrong with it.

And I responded in a way that explains how forums posts are not meant to be updated with new information through edits. Just because you don't want to accept how the normal operation of 99% of all forums on the internet work, then there's no reason to be rough.

[dswartz]

The edit function does work properly, there's nothing wrong with it.

And I responded in a way that explains how forums posts are not meant to be updated with new information through edits. Just because you don't want to accept how the normal operation of 99% of all forums on the internet work, then there's no reason to be rough.

Let me see, "who edits posts in a forum?" Well, obviously I do, as do quite a few others here, so this came across as snotty. As far as 99% of forums operating this way, I can't speak to that, but your point about "adding an additional quick thought", if people are skimming the top-level page, they won't see the post has changed. I guess we have a philsophical difference here, as I don't see why wanting the post's timestamp to be reflected in the forum view makes it a wiki. Whatever, I guess...