Question On Updating Posted Comps

Luckyone

Hello There :j

I've had this happen to me loads of times & see it happen to other people as well & I can't work out how they do it so thought I would ask

When someone posts a comp with a question but they have not put the answer, someone comes along & finds the answer with the source of the answer.

Brilliant :beer:

But then a minuet or so later the original comp post is updated to show the answer that the other member found, but the original comp post does not say edited, it looks like the person who found the answer is just putting what the original comp post had all along, when it did not

How do people do this?

Thanks xxx

weeowens

Luckyone wrote: »

Hello There :j

I've had this happen to me loads of times & see it happen to other people as well & I can't work out how they do it so thought I would ask

When someone posts a comp with a question but they have not put the answer, someone comes along & finds the answer with the source of the answer.

Brilliant :beer:

But then a minuet or so later the original comp post is updated to show the answer that the other member found, but the original comp post does not say edited, it looks like the person who found the answer is just putting what the original comp post had all along, when it did not

How do people do this?

Thanks xxx

It's all down to time really.There is a window of opportunity where an edit will not show when a post is first uploaded.From experience the window is about three minutes.

HTH

Luckyone

Yup that would of been in that time limit

Guess I should not be so fast in future

Moneybot

Happened to me today here

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4751610

When I posted I didn't notice the question but edited as soon as I did. Whilst I was editing WeeOwens posted the answer below.

And now I noticed a typo in my title edited again but this time the edit will show.

Luckyone

Thanks it was just puzzling me because every time I edit one of the comps I have listed it always show's edited

But the three minuet does make sense

thought I was going mad!

xxx

fire**fly

if someone is viewing the ops posting as soon as they've posted it in one minute you can 'jump' in & post the answer/reply/etc,
some peeps sit on the new postings & can then quick reply,
before the op gets chance to 'preview' their comp without anyone
adding to it,
easy done x

Luckyone

Thanks Fire**fly

That makes sense, sometimes I am watching them come in

xxx

fire**fly

Luckyone wrote: »

Thanks Fire**fly

That makes sense, sometimes I am watching them come in

xxx

same here, today this was posted by moneybot
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4751207
& I noticed as soon as it was posted the E: date hadn't been added,
I could have posted on the thread to say straight away but chose instead to pm moneybot to let them know & by the time i'd done that the title had been amended by the op,
& no edit showed x

Luckyone

I must admit I have started to PM people more when the title is wrong as not many people reply when you leave a message under the comp post, or even change the title so it does not go into GO

xxx

fire**fly

Moneybot wrote: »

Happened to me today here

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4751610

When I posted I didn't notice the question but edited as soon as I did. Whilst I was editing WeeOwens posted the answer below.

And now I noticed a typo in my title edited again but this time the edit will show.

gosh, you wouldn't have had time to preview/check your post before the reply came in less than a minute.

Moneybot

fire**fly wrote: »

same here, today this was posted by moneybot
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4751207
& I noticed as soon as it was posted the E: date hadn't been added,
I could have posted on the thread to say straight away but chose instead to pm moneybot to let them know & by the time i'd done that the title had been amended by the op,
& no edit showed x

I thought that was thoughtful of you; not had a good day with posting today have managed to put in the wrong link, forget the end date and not see there was a question.

I did notice once I had posted without the end date as it looked wrong. I think some people post quickly to get in first with a comp then edit afterwards...