On Tue, 16 Dec 2008 17:00:32 +0000, Stephen wrote:

> No it wasn't. I just take a lot of care that when I post I generally
> check the context and spelling. I envy people who can write directly
> without needing to check first.

There was a huge discussion on the openSUSE forums - there's an NNTP 
gateway so people like me can read posts there, but those coming from a 
"web forum" background are used to being able to edit their posts.

Those from the NNTP side were saying "well, why didn't you read what you 
wrote before you posted?", and the web forum side was saying "what, you 
never make a mistake?".

It's an interesting "clash" of styles.  Going in and editing an NNTP post 
is generally not possible the way the servers are implemented (would 
require modification of INN or Twister) and change propagation would be 
nuts.

It's funny to me that in many web forums, people want to be able to edit 
their posts to correct them or make them look better, and then resort to 
writing in a shorthand that doesn't make sense when read on a 
professional level, and they don't want to reply to themselves in the 
thread to post a clarification, which from an NNTP perspective is second 
nature.

Jim

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