'Edited moments ago by' tag, removable for Subscribers as well

[NavelColt 22,880]

When you edit a post as a Member, it leaves that obnoxious little tag letting people know you edited it. I personally detest this thing, because I am one who often does one of the following, immediately after clicking the Post button:

• Finds something that could have been worded better
• Finds a blatant spelling error that he missed
• Needs to add information he forgot to add when initially drafting the post

It's all well and good to tell people to plan their posts better and to not so hastily hit the post button, but even if more people were cautious about it, there would still be an overwhelming amount of people who run into these problems anyway, simply because human nature is to be impatient and miss things when you have an entire forum full of content that you're trying to move on to, after you finish this one particular post. Plus, Subscribers are the minority in the forum population, it's not that big a difference if they can bypass it.

 

As a former staff with intense CDO, I suggest Subscribers have the option to not include that tag when making posts, just like moderators and other staff do. It's a really nice convenience that sucks to not have, after having had it. Like keeping the increased sig, avatar, username, PM storage permissions, etc, this feature should be another little addition that former staff and those who donate/subscribe to the site should have, as it's a simple, minor thing that I know a lot of people would appreciate, and that doesn't really make any difference in the long run. Staff can view post history with or without the glaring public tag, and as a former staff member, I know for a fact that checking post history isn't even something that needs to be done all that often, anyway.

 

If I remember correctly, there's a simple little button that toggles whether or not a particular member group can choose to hide the post edit tag or not, so this should be a simple change to implement, assuming that it's agreed upon.

 

That is all :3

 

V See, welcome to my nightmare D;

Edited August 6, 2014 by ~Chaotic Discord~

[Creamy Arty 6,252]

Yes, it is as simple as flipping a switch, and it's something that's long bugged me as well. Erecting a monument every time somebody edits one of their posts is unnecessary and a little bit of an eyesore. We don't need to keep that around. Granting former staff this minor convenience (and pretty much anything else they had, tbh) is something I'm open to, and making it another tiny incentive to donate or subscribe makes sense to me.

 

No need to make changing something so paltry a bureaucratic process. Consider it done.