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[Tethich]

Hi community.

Was the option to edit a community reply removed ?

[daniel-strmecki]

I can confirm it's not working the last few days to edit your own posts/replies.

[arunpatidar]

Hi @Tethich 
I have check a reply I just posted and I can see Edit option

@kautuk_sahni do you know if there are more incidents reported for such kind of issue?

[Tethich]

@arunpatidar@kautuk_sahni These are only options I see:

Any idea  what is going on ?

[kautuk_sahni · Accepted solution]

@Tethich @daniel-strmecki , Yes, the edit option is now disabled for Community members, except for Admins and Community Advisors. This change was implemented due to a significant increase in spam attacks. Spammers were creating regular threads to bypass spam detection and later returning to edit their posts. To address this issue, we have restricted the editing feature as of now.

HTH

[Tethich]

That explains it now.

Maybe worth it having Edit option again but for like first 5 minutes or so, after message was posted.

Thank you for the clarifications.

[arunpatidar]

Hi @kautuk_sahni 

It would be beneficial to provide edit options for users who frequently reply or answer questions.

You could have a user segment, where users who have correctly answered a certain number of questions are granted access to the edit feature.

[kautuk_sahni]

@arunpatidar @Tethich, Thank you for your feedback! I’ve already initiated a discussion with my team internally and should be able to explore a solution within the platform's limitations, at least for our top active users. I’ll make sure to keep you all updated.

-Kautuk

[Tethich]

I would love so much to have back the Edit functionality. I usually write when I have few minutes to spear from job and I am on a rush, or in my free time directly from my mobile which I am not very fond to use for this. Because of these I often make typos and is frustrating that after I hit Post I cannot go back and correct them.