Merge two or more posts & Delete last post

[koce017]

I generally use edit feature to add updates to my posts but sometimes I want to notify other users of some update that is worth noticing, so I send a new post.

It's a cosmetic change but I think that space will be less cluttered if you show it like this

instead of showing it like this

 

 

And maybe allowing users to delete their posts if their post is last one (there are no more replies to the topic) isn't that bad idea. It may be good in case of double posting or something like that.

Edited June 24, 2017 by kosticn101

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Edited February 17, 2020 by Guest

[koce017]

It's not my original idea, I saw this on other forum.

 

This is what's shown:

 

This is what I get when I want to edit that post:

 

So posts are actually merged in a database if you reply to your own post.

Space is saved, users are notified and all are happy.

 

 

What if we change your idea a bit, maybe we should allow users to click on the "Edited by kosticn101, 4 days ago" text and redirect them to a page where you can see all the changes that has been made in a post, just like how Stack overflow made it (see screenshot).

I'm in condition to edit my post 100 times before I'm happy with the result.

 

 

Also, I like to see threads where 90% of the posts are just bumps, it shows how unprofessional the thread is (let's take this one as an example http://gtaforums.com...entry1069718429).

OMFG o.O

 

 

People will then bump their thread and immediately delete their last post so that their thread gets to the top without any changes.

I don't know how it is checked here what topic should be on top of the list, but I think that if someone replies and then deletes his post, topic should go to where it was before.

 

This is what I do if a forum doesn't have "updated" feature and I have an important edit to make and my post is last: I copy original post and then I delete it, after that I add new content and I repost it with those important edits. So it would be nice if at least this feature is added, nevermind the "updated" feature.

Edited July 15, 2017 by kosticn101

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Edited February 17, 2020 by Guest

[koce017]

What if I change my post from 2 weeks ago and there are 100 more posts after mine (for example the bitch and moan topic from GTA Online section), how would my post get attention so users know that I edited my post?

Oh, I wasn't clear enough .

 

Often my post is last one in the topic . I have some important info to add to that topic. Yes, I could edit that post of mine but nobody would notice that. That's why I send a new post. But now we have two posts of mine together. After some time I have more info to add so I send another post and now we have three posts of mine together. That way you could compose whole page with just my posts.

 

So..what I was proposing is to take new post of mine and merge it with my last post.

 

How would Jack's new reply in his own post notify users?

Topic gets to the top.

So internally it's an edit (to original post you add UPDATED (or not) and then new content) but topic gets to the top.

I repeat, this can be applied only if your post is last and you reply to it.

 

Btw "Napisano: time" means something like "First post written at: time". "Dopuna: time" means something like "New content written at: time".

"Napisano: 18 Apr 2011 23:43" shouldn't be plain text in a post, users shouldn't be able to edit that bit of text otherwise the whole idea behind that is just useless in some situations.

It's no problem. You can delete it from your post if you don't want that to be shown, but it's automatically added when you reply to your own post. So it's just like a special BBCode that shows line and then some text on it. It doesn't play any other role.

 

To summarize:

1. my post is last

2. I reply to that topic

3. my original post is edited: new content is added

4. "Edited by kosticn101, 1 second ago." (they could introduce an "updated" flag and show "Updated" instead of "Edited", but that's cosmetic).

5. topic gets to the top

 

Difference between

- editing my post that is last one in a topic, and

- replying to a topic where my post is last one

is: topic gets to the top. In both cases my post contains more info.

Check out the pictures again.

 

 

The only thing that changed this situation is just the fact that Jack can keep his topic clean, because he is able to delete his last post (from your idea).

That's the whole point.. Edited July 15, 2017 by kosticn101

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Edited February 17, 2020 by Guest