Re: To Edit or not to Edit ...that is the question!

Webmaster - I don't think there is going to be an easy solution to the problem that will make everybody happy. The vast majority of posters use the edit function in a benign way. I personally will go in and edit out typos, usually within an hour of putting up the post. A small handful use the edit function for sinister goals.

Other websites I have posted on will clearly show somewhere in the message, usually at the top or bottom, if it has been edited. It might say "edited on Nov.7, 2010". And if there were multiple edits it will list the dates. And some sites even allow you to list the reason you have edited it. Such as 'spelling or grammar', or 'added additional content' etc. If people are going in and drastically altering the content and message of the original post, maybe you can put in a feature that saves the original post and allows a reader to click a button once they have opened it up so they can see what the original post was. And if adding links later on is the issue, maybe you should disallow the adding of links once a post has been put up. If it is that important, the original poster can always add a second post under it with a link. You are never going to be able to "scam-proof" curezone, but I think there are ways you can make it hard enough to abuse the system that most people won't bother. Tweet