Why did you come to the Cellar?

[DanaC]

There's a difference between chickening out of saying something...and realising you've been over harsh and modifying your tone in order not to hurt someone, or inflame a situation. I rarely do that unless it's within a minute or so, usually at my first rereading.

Jinx, it's not just about spelling. If you enjoy language, then the changes are often more to do with sentence structure, or better, possibly more accurate wording. I post, then I read after I post. I do this because I simply do not pick up on most of the changes it 'needs' until I see it on the board. I then reread it, and make minor changes and alterations, or add something with an [eta]usually to clarify or mitigate a comment, or add some fresh detail that I have recalled (when posting an anecdote). I post it again and read from the screen, spotting odd things and going back in to edit this word, or add that extra adjective. I jump about between the edit screen and the board screen until I feel I am happy with my words. I am usually very careful with language and part of that comes from this refining process. That process can easily take me half hour or more. Even for simple changes, there are many times I've been editing when the phone's rang, or mum's turned up for a visit...I leave the screen there, til I've dealt with whatever and return to it as a work in progress.

Half an hour isn't long enough to me. Just my opinion...but it will mean i need to change my posting habits and behaviour and I didn't feel they needed to change.

This has, presumably been changed in order to prevent the more dubious use of editing, but I do feel it also limits those who do not engage in that behaviour. Certainly I would prefer the old system. I can live with the idea of a few pricks deliberately abusing that editing function, in order to have a very practical and useful function for others to use.