It¡¯s non-optimal because if users can¡¯t make minor edits to their posts without reposting the whole thing, then either the ability will be abused and annoy the hell out of the group (which was exactly my case) or the feature will be disabled, as it seems to have been for many groups and is now for mine.
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And I don¡¯t agree at all about Mods needing to be able to edit other users posts. Delete them occasionally, yes, if they¡¯re really beyond the pale or illegal or whatever. One of the groups (/g/twsapi) I recently transferred from yahoo has over 35000 posts in its archive: I¡¯ve been moderating it for 10 years or more, and I¡¯ve never once felt it necessary to rewrite or edit another user¡¯s post. I have better things to do with my time!
