How do you edit posts

[Skippermark]

I recently made a post in the community and wanted to edit it, but I didn't see the option and ended up replying to my original post instead. I saw an old thread that said that ability unlocks at a certain level. What level is that? I've been a contributor since 2019 with around 60 posts and have a "top commenter" badge. Thanks!

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[kglad]

i don't know that answer, but am surprised it requires more than 10 (let alone 60) posts.

[Skippermark]

Thanks for the reply! I found an older post by a poster with 28 posts asking the same thing, and someone said that didn't meet the editing threshold. Another post by a CE said the exact number was "hidden, unknown to other users."

I only asked because I thought that feature used to be available, but I don't post all that frequently, and if the policy changed, that makes sense why I wouldn't have noticed. Thanks again!

[kglad]

i know i can edit, but then i have over 180,000 posts 

[Skippermark]

So I don't have too much further to go. Haha.

[kglad]

my co-worker is questioning why i'm laughing.  that was a good one.

[Skippermark]

👍

[Nancy OShea]

Did you click on MORE preceded by 3 dots?

Once the OPs post has received a reply, I don't think the OP can delete it. But it should be Editable, if that status has been reached. 

[Skippermark]

Hi Nancy. Thanks for the help. I didn't have a "more" option when I made the original post and understnad it might not be there now since the post has replies. I do run an adblocker, so it's possible that prevented the option from showing up. I vaguely remember it causing problems awhile back and I had to disable it, but I don't remember what they were and totally forgot to disable it when creating my earlier post.

I did reply to that post a bit ago with my adblocker diabled, but there wasn’t a "more" button, possibly because it was a reply and not an original post, but it looks like in your message above the more button appears in replies.

[Skippermark]

Hi Nancy. I wanted to follow up to let you know that I disabled my adblocker and created an original post in this community (using this community) and the "more" option isn't there.

I used Safari on MacOS 15.3.2 (just released today) to create and look for the "more" button. I also don't see it in the latest version of Chrome or DuckDuckGo either.

After posting, I immediately reported the post and asked the mods to delete it. I hope that helps. If you need me to try anything else, please let me know.

Screenshot of post without more button

 

[kglad]

this shows the 3 dots

[Nancy OShea]

Evidently, @Skippermark hasn't earned his stripes/badges yet. I'm guessing the magic number isn't too far away. 🤔