Editing titles of threads

[Deidre]

I noticed that this isn't an option, might it ever be?

I checked in the poetry thread I recently posted, and I couldn't. Would be a nice thing to have, but no worries if it's not something ya'll want to change.

[neonspectraltoast]

It would be a nice feature.

[GLEN......]

It Can Be Done Now, But You Only Have A Couple

Of Minutes To Do So......



Cheers Glen.

[6-eyed]

If you reach out to one of us mods, we can see about editing your thread title.

What thread title do you want changed?

[Audiogen]

I noticed that this isn't an option, might it ever be?

I checked in the poetry thread I recently posted, and I couldn't. Would be a nice thing to have, but no worries if it's not something ya'll want to change.

There is only the option to change the title as it appears above the first post but not the centered title above the thread. I added a bunch of time to be able to change it, well over a week, so you can change it and then reach out to a mod and ask if they can copy + paste it behind the scenes to change the centered title.

[Deidre]

Audiogen - (and everyone) thanks so much! I’ll check it out. This is common on forums, though - the inability to edit thread titles which it’s not that big of a deal but sometimes you want the option. ~ lol

Edit - I modified the title, yay!

[Pete's Draggun]

I was able to change a thread title of mine.
Thanks for the ability to change

Coolness ?

[Irminsul]

Yeah, was always a gripe of mine across almost every forum I've been on.

[Jessica]

Treefort is the best forum, we conclude.

[Pete's Draggun]

Howa bouta the ability to go and change other people's thread titles.

On second thought......

That might make him commit suicide ?

[Deidre]

Lol ^^

Seriously though, why do most forums prevent members from editing their own thread titles? Sometimes, there’s a typo and you just want to correct it but no editing option. Some forums, you can’t even edit your post once you’ve posted it. No time limit. So, too bad if you have regret later - it’s out there forever.

[Audiogen]

Lol ^^

Seriously though, why do most forums prevent members from editing their own thread titles? Sometimes, there’s a typo and you just want to correct it but no editing option. Some forums, you can’t even edit your post once you’ve posted it. No time limit. So, too bad if you have regret later - it’s out there forever.

I don't know, my best guesses would be to limit spam and/or maintain performance. Another guess, going way out on a limb, would be to prevent concurrency or like if a poster was changing a thread title and someone else sent a post basically at the same time, that the system would get "confused" and try to put the post in a thread with an id that doesn't exist anymore.

[Undies]

i always assumed it was to prevent people from posting inflammatory stuff and then changing the original subject after replies were already posted.

[Deidre]

Yea ^^ that would make sense.

Also, it prevents people from changing titles of dead threads to get more views, responses, etc. I’m glad we have the option because no one here would ever do that. lol