vanishing button!

G_M

Anyone else found the 'edit' button on their posts disappears after 5 minutes?

BorisThomson

You'll do well if it's even there for five minutes, most are reporting half that.

(Several threads already on the subject.)

DCFC79

G_M wrote: »

Anyone else found the 'edit' button on their posts disappears after 5 minutes?

Yep we get a time limit to edit posts now.

marliepanda

Actually not against this (although my typos will be forever there)

Stops people editing in info/editing out info which makes the replies look stupid. Stops people removing them entirely.
The only thing that could be problematic is when people post personal info without thinking but I suppose a modera... sorry a board guide could fix that?

Davesnave

It's the weekend. Isn't it just a glitch?

Gers

See post #55 on
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5784697

Anti-spam temporary measure..

00ec25

wow thanks, never thought to look for posts on the subject

just thought I'd been put in "special" moderation measures for the weekend. Was going to send a ticket but could not find pout how to report one!

AdrianC

And there was me, hoping it'd stop all those "I've had answers I don't like, so I'll delete the OP" threads.

G_M

I frequently edit my posts. Corrrecting typos is not a major issue - just be more careful initially. But I often re-think a post, or search out a reference source to add - havig to make an additional post will make my posts, and the forum generally, less usable.

And that's not to mention my reference posts which get updated whenever someone tells me of an error (thanks artful for yesterday!), or the law changes.

Then there are multiple other posts elsewhere in the forum (like those listing savings providers) which are regularly kept up to date.

G_M

Seems to be a reaction to a spam attack: various other threads on the topic, including

Just to explain, five minutes ago there was a post now deleted by savemoney showing a message from the spammer.

It basically outlined their intent of taking this site down.

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5784585

G_M

I've now received this from mse:

Unfortunately there have been some temporary measures implemented over the weekend due to some problems which you may have spotted: https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5784798 - MSE Andrea has posted in #6 - this is one of the issues we are battling at the moment.
They are temporary whilst we are dealing with permanent fixes along side our techies so please bear with us, it won't be permanent and we do appreciate it is causing problems.