Edit Post Time Frame?

[wpt05]

How much time are we given to edit our posts in the eBay Community?

[labs118]

I believe it is 5 minutes

[grilled]

Editing time frame fails because once you've opened the post to edit it can still tell you that you are past the time limit when you save it.  Annoying.

[wpt05]

Believe or know?  Is there anybody that can give me a definite answer or is it not a set time frame that is the same time everytime?  I have been able to edit a couple posts while others I could not.  When writing some of the comments it is just a tiny window, but when I am editing them it is a larger window.  I have been an ebay member for quite some time, but I am relatively new to posting comments here.  Any information anybody has about this would be helpful.  Thank you.  

[wpt05]

I think I saw a thread that said the edit time was different for different categories, but I cannot find it now.  Anybody know?  

[labs118]

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@wpt05 wrote:

Believe or know?  Is there anybody that can give me a definite answer or is it not a set time frame that is the same time everytime?  I have been able to edit a couple posts while others I could not.  When writing some of the comments it is just a tiny window, but when I am editing them it is a larger window.  I have been an ebay member for quite some time, but I am relatively new to posting comments here.  Any information anybody has about this would be helpful.  Thank you.  

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Yes it is 5 minutes
Here it is from the community manager directly see post # 2 from Alan on the thread link below
I have been on these boards for years & never remember different times for different categories

Welcome to the boards they are very helpful.


https://community.ebay.com/t5/Archive-Community-Platform/Post-Edit-Window/m-p/26091472#M357

[missjen831]

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@labs118 wrote:

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@wpt05 wrote:

Believe or know?  Is there anybody that can give me a definite answer or is it not a set time frame that is the same time everytime?  I have been able to edit a couple posts while others I could not.  When writing some of the comments it is just a tiny window, but when I am editing them it is a larger window.  I have been an ebay member for quite some time, but I am relatively new to posting comments here.  Any information anybody has about this would be helpful.  Thank you.  

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Yes it is 5 minutes
Here it is from the community manager directly see post # 2 from Alan on the thread link below
I have been on these boards for years & never remember different times for different categories

Welcome to the boards they are very helpful.


https://community.ebay.com/t5/Archive-Community-Platform/Post-Edit-Window/m-p/26091472#M357

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There are different times for different areas of the community. I am able to edit a response I posted 2.5 hours on another board 🙂

Member to member support also has I believe a 30 minute edit window.

[labs118]

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@missjen316 wrote:

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@labs118 wrote:

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@wpt05 wrote:

Believe or know?  Is there anybody that can give me a definite answer or is it not a set time frame that is the same time everytime?  I have been able to edit a couple posts while others I could not.  When writing some of the comments it is just a tiny window, but when I am editing them it is a larger window.  I have been an ebay member for quite some time, but I am relatively new to posting comments here.  Any information anybody has about this would be helpful.  Thank you.  

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Yes it is 5 minutes
Here it is from the community manager directly see post # 2 from Alan on the thread link below
I have been on these boards for years & never remember different times for different categories

Welcome to the boards they are very helpful.


https://community.ebay.com/t5/Archive-Community-Platform/Post-Edit-Window/m-p/26091472#M357

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There are different times for different areas of the community. I am able to edit a response I posted 2.5 hours on another board 🙂

Member to member support also has I believe a 30 minute edit window.

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Thanks for the correction missjen316
 seems our community manager isn't aware of it either!! 
and yes I do remember when I was posting on M2M it was longer but I don't post there any longer 

[wpt05]

@missjen831

5 minutes seems like a short period, but I believe I know why they do this.  I think they are worried that somebody will post a reply to a message and then the original poster will change their message completely causing a very confusing sequence of posts.  Does this sound about right? 

I guess if you have greater access to all of the other boards they are trusting that you know all the rules better so they are allowing you more time.  

Thank you all very much for your input and answers.  I really appreciate it.  

[missjen831 · Accepted solution]

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@labs118 wrote:

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@missjen316 wrote:

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@labs118 wrote:

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@wpt05 wrote:

Believe or know?  Is there anybody that can give me a definite answer or is it not a set time frame that is the same time everytime?  I have been able to edit a couple posts while others I could not.  When writing some of the comments it is just a tiny window, but when I am editing them it is a larger window.  I have been an ebay member for quite some time, but I am relatively new to posting comments here.  Any information anybody has about this would be helpful.  Thank you.  

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Yes it is 5 minutes
Here it is from the community manager directly see post # 2 from Alan on the thread link below
I have been on these boards for years & never remember different times for different categories

Welcome to the boards they are very helpful.


https://community.ebay.com/t5/Archive-Community-Platform/Post-Edit-Window/m-p/26091472#M357

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There are different times for different areas of the community. I am able to edit a response I posted 2.5 hours on another board 🙂

Member to member support also has I believe a 30 minute edit window.

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Thanks for the correction missjen316
 seems our community manager isn't aware of it either!! 
and yes I do remember when I was posting on M2M it was longer but I don't post there any longer 

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@labs118 My apologies, I should have been more clear in my response, technically you are correct and I didn't meant to imply you were wrong 🙂

on the DBs and AC/knowledge base the edit time is 5 minutes. I was trying to add on to what you said....to clarify On the private boards, some have longer edit times, the one I am approved to post on I think it's 5 hours? and M2M last I checked is 30 minutes. it has changed a few times and I think at one point the OP could edit at any time. I am not sure if that is still the case though. 

[missjen831]

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@wpt05 wrote:

@missjen831

5 minutes seems like a short period, but I believe I know why they do this.  I think they are worried that somebody will post a reply to a message and then the original poster will change their message completely causing a very confusing sequence of posts.  Does this sound about right? 

I guess if you have greater access to all of the other boards they are trusting that you know all the rules better so they are allowing you more time.  

Thank you all very much for your input and answers.  I really appreciate it.  

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Hi @wpt05 i think you right about why there is a 5 minute time limit. It's annoying for me because I am usually on my phone and the autocorrect is awful and a lot of the time I don't see missing words and typos right away and then it's too late to edit. But I do agree with your theory and it makes total sense and i can see why we only get 5 minutes. I would rather not have OPs change their posts hours later and cause confusion, than be able to edit my comments hours later! 

[berserkerplanet]

>>I would rather not have OPs change their
>>posts hours later and cause confusion,
>>than be able to edit my comments
>>hours later!

Then why not make it that as long as a post has not been replied to or quoted it can be edited?

Other boards I participate in elsewhere allow unrestricted editing.

The 5 min here is problematic considering how un-user friendly the interface is, and results in a lot of typos, fragments, extra words, etc from my numerous reworks and rearrangements before hitting post. Half the time 5 min isn't long enough to realise there is a problem and then to fix it, and often the software rejects the edit because the 5 min expired while editing.

[labs118]

@missjen831

No worries , I am sure CE board allows the longest since there are so few posters .
It's not like the wild west of DB and QA boards, if it was a longer period on these boards can you just imagine what a mess.
It would be like what? why ? huh? 

So OP has the answer that's the important thing

[grilled]

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@berserkerplanet wrote:
>>I would rather not have OPs change their
>>posts hours later and cause confusion,
>>than be able to edit my comments
>>hours later!

Then why not make it that as long as a post has not been replied to or quoted it can be edited?

Other boards I participate in elsewhere allow unrestricted editing.

The 5 min here is problematic considering how un-user friendly the interface is, and results in a lot of typos, fragments, extra words, etc from my numerous reworks and rearrangements before hitting post. Half the time 5 min isn't long enough to realise there is a problem and then to fix it, and often the software rejects the edit because the 5 min expired while editing.

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that makes perfect sense. it would benefit everyone.