dumb people

[mamajoan]

Argh! Why do so many people seem to be under the delusion that you can't edit a post you made in a community?? The procedure for editing a community post is EXACTLY the same as for editing a post in your own journal!!! I swear, the next time I see "oops, I messed up in that last post, oh well I can't go back and change it so I'll just repost the whole thing corrected" I'm going to injure someone.

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[tiggrrl.livejournal.com]

There are a lot of people using LJ who don't know everything it can do. I'm one of them, but at least I try to figure out if I can do something before just assuming I can't (and the process for editing posts is pretty inuitive anyway).

[mamajoan.livejournal.com]

yeah, it's not that I mind people not knowing, but they obviously haven't made an effort to find out, and that's what bugs me.

[akacat.livejournal.com]

I've always used the 'edit entries' option to edit my journal, and it doesn't seem to work on communities. (If I'm wrong, tell me!)

Mind, I did stumble across mention of the 'edit' icon on the posts--last week--after over 6 months on LJ.

[azurelunatic]

Well, of course: that only works on your personal journal.

I've always used the little pencil icon on the entry to edit my entries, though. It's more convenient for me.

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[akacat.livejournal.com]

Convenient or not, I just flat out didn't know it existed! The icons have a tendancy to look alike to me, so I've always just use the more-legible-to-me menu bar, instead of figuring out what the little pictures mean...

[azurelunatic]

Ah. That makes sense.

[mamajoan.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but even still, I bet you wouldn't post to a community saying "sorry, I can't edit that post so I'll just post it again." I bet you'd be smart/considerate enough to say something more like, "oops, does anyone know if there's a way I can edit that post?" Or maybe even read the FAQ. Rather than simply *assuming* that it can't be done.

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[akacat.livejournal.com]

Actually, I just left it alone and ignored it. Of course, it was a minor error--if it had been anything big, I'd have been begging for help.

[azurelunatic]

Because you can't backdate a community post, and/or do some other fiddly little things. And because some of them may have the delusion that you've got to be logged in as the community to do so.

Idiots.