As far as I know, the possibility for a thread starter to edit his/her first post indefinitely was made possible to make searching on this forum easier, so more effective. A threadstarter could for instance add (a link to) the solution to his/her original problem, or rewrite the original problem, so as to make it more clear for someone that starts reading the thread.
But this possibility to edit the first post indefinitely has a serious drawback, at least in my opinion. I stumbled on a forum member who, after he/she got his/her solutions to his/her original questions, edited many of his/her first posts in such a way that the original questions were no longer in the first posts. After the edits, only something like: "Thank your all, the problem has been solved" was all that was left.
When I did some searching on the internet, it became clear to me, what the reason for this behaviour is. The person get's his/her answers here on diyAudio just to impress others on some other forum, of course without mentioning that the answers came from members of diyAudio. I'm pretty sure that this person wants to cover his/her tracks as soon as he/she got what was wanted, just to minimize the chance of getting unmasked by members of that other forum.
So a very good intention by the people who make diyAudio possible is being misused in a way that is completely against the spirit of the intention...
I'm sure that a vast majority of the diyAudio members will never act in such a way. Because of that I think that the possibility to edit the first post indefinitely still has more advantages than disadvantages. But I did find it important to warn others that this kind of flagrant abuse does happen on diyAudio.
But this possibility to edit the first post indefinitely has a serious drawback, at least in my opinion. I stumbled on a forum member who, after he/she got his/her solutions to his/her original questions, edited many of his/her first posts in such a way that the original questions were no longer in the first posts. After the edits, only something like: "Thank your all, the problem has been solved" was all that was left.
When I did some searching on the internet, it became clear to me, what the reason for this behaviour is. The person get's his/her answers here on diyAudio just to impress others on some other forum, of course without mentioning that the answers came from members of diyAudio. I'm pretty sure that this person wants to cover his/her tracks as soon as he/she got what was wanted, just to minimize the chance of getting unmasked by members of that other forum.
So a very good intention by the people who make diyAudio possible is being misused in a way that is completely against the spirit of the intention...
I'm sure that a vast majority of the diyAudio members will never act in such a way. Because of that I think that the possibility to edit the first post indefinitely still has more advantages than disadvantages. But I did find it important to warn others that this kind of flagrant abuse does happen on diyAudio.
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This is why you should make copious use of quotes, even if you're replying to the post immediately above, where a quote wouldn't otherwise be needed for context.
Threads ramble and being able to update the head post is useful for providing summaries and pointers to key posts in the thread. Particularly so for build related threads.
Look at elvee's recent updates to the denoziator thread as an example.
Look at elvee's recent updates to the denoziator thread as an example.
Your point is understood and discussed at length in the backroom. It is rare occurrence and very often the members will report this to us and we either close the thread and leave a note, or we delete it and take the issue up directly with the offending member.
Related issue: I can't update the first post of my valve DAC thread anymore without losing most of it, because it's longer than the new forum software allows.
Thanks for the discourse on this topic.
A way for previous edits to be seen when first posts are re-edited using this privilege might be helpful. Even for all all participants in the thread to get an update about what changed.
A way for previous edits to be seen when first posts are re-edited using this privilege might be helpful. Even for all all participants in the thread to get an update about what changed.
Depends on whether I can then edit both parts.
The problem with the present post #1 is that most of the links don't work. Until about a year ago, I always used the wrong way to make links (copying the URL from the browser instead of from the button at the upper right corner of the post), not knowing there was anything wrong with it. Hence, almost all of my links are incorrect.
Post a link to the thread. I'll start by saving a copy so that it becomes safe to go changing it.
First let's see how much needs to be trimmed. You'll need team assistance to change a second post.
It's here: https://www.diyaudio.com/community/threads/valve-dac-from-linear-audio-volume-13.308860/post-5104207
I tried editing it after I learned about the proper way to link to posts. If I remember well, I could edit it, but got an error message about the message being too long when I wanted to save it, so I pressed cancel.
I tried editing it after I learned about the proper way to link to posts. If I remember well, I could edit it, but got an error message about the message being too long when I wanted to save it, so I pressed cancel.
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Ok, I fixed the diyAudio links and this made the post shorter. I then removed the last line...- "It hasn't been tried by anyone yet, so use it at your own risk."
It is now under the 20,000 character limit. Please try to remove some words if you want to edit it again 🙂
It is now under the 20,000 character limit. Please try to remove some words if you want to edit it again 🙂