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#1

Not quite sure where to post this, so i posted it here. I did also flag the latest post this happened in:

This has happened to me a few times, and I’m pretty sure it has happened to others.

In my post, I quoted Charoclese’s post from just before mine. When I posted it, it appeared for a fraction of a second, then vanished and the orange “edit” icon appeared, leaving just the text I posted.

The bizarre thing is, i could edit it again, and the edit would stick.

I’ll see if i can find other examples. Last night, i watched one post as it was edited in real time in Let’s Get Silly.

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Let's Get Silly
#2

I remember something similar happening.

I had posted a link and some text, and the text was edited out or so, it was automatic. Once I edited it back to the way I wanted, it didn’t stick, I had to do something else to make my edit stick.

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#3

I wonder if the forum gives you a few minutes to correct errors before registering things as a full edit?

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#4

This post of mine went that way.

I saw this post of @Jarvis do the same, and i could see them making the change in edits as they re-added the quote.

It appears that if you’re quoting from the post directly above you, the quote is removed (possibly because it is “obvious” who you’re replying to). However, i would argue that isn’t the case. In Lets-get-silly , for example, often the posts are standalone comments that relate to the game, NOT necessarily to the post immediately before.

In Describe a Film Badly, if several people have given an answer and one is correct, using the Quote function is a very handy way of saying which is the right answer.

Is there any way of disabling this automatic editing? I write my posts in a way for a reason, and I DO NOT WANT AN A.I. TELLING ME HOW I SHOULD BE POSTING.

My words are my own. Please leave them alone.

Thank you.

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#5

I’ve noticed that, and i have no problem with that, but that’s a separate thing to the one I’m ranting about

#6

It does. Up to five minutes after you post, it doesn’t count as an edit. Same if you edit something and then edit it again within five minutes.

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#7

This is exactly the issue I faced, and now I remember!

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#8

Just saw this thread and wanted to add my observations.

I’m familiar enough with the Discourse forum software because the Blizzard forums use it too. This is a Discourse thing, and I think it’s a measure against spam… though how removing quotes from a post fights spam, I’m not entirely sure.

I don’t think this is a thing forum mods can turn off, unfortunately.

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