On Sat, Dec 28, 2013 at 06:04:01AM +0000, Mike Parker wrote: > On Saturday, 28 December 2013 at 01:02:54 UTC, Jonathan M Davis > wrote: > >On Thursday, December 26, 2013 05:02:48 Hannes Steffenhagen wrote: > >>Sorry, I'm not sure how to edit posts > > > >It's not possible to edit posts. There are multiple interfaces to > >this newsgroup (NNTP, mailing list, and web forum), and the ability > >to edit posts would not work with that. So, replying to your own post > >with corrected information is the best that you can do. > > This is why I wish the web interface had never been called a "forum" > in the first place. According to the common usage of that word on > the internet, it isn't. People have certain expectations of forum > software. When newcomers start using the web interface, they have no > idea that it's essentially a web-based newsgroup client and not an > actual web forum that can support all the features they expect. > > This is not the first time I've seen someone lost about how to edit > their "forum" posts. [...]
We should just call it a newsgroup. Or a mailing list. I prefer the latter, since it's clear that once the mail is sent out, you can't "unsend" it to make further corrections. T -- "You know, maybe we don't *need* enemies." "Yeah, best friends are about all I can take." -- Calvin & Hobbes