Removing the time gate on editing posts

[Sakura Dragon]

I apologize if this has already been addressed elsewhere.

I would like to edit one of my blog entries in my Favorite anime openings and endings category but there is no option to do so. The YouTube video that was in it has been deleted so I obviously don’t want it there anymore. I also want to add a line of text where the video is instead to replace it. I clicked MANAGE BLOG > Edit blog > Entry Categories but there is no option to edit specific entries in that category.

How can I edit this myself? Do I have to submit a report explaining what I wanted edited and why?

Is there a limit as to how long a user has to use this feature? I noticed I cannot edit other things as well like old posts I have made in threads.

Edited July 22, 2025 by Sakura Dragon

[Animedragon]

Unfortunately it would seem like there is no way to edit blog entries or posts after a certain time has elapsed.  

[Sakura Dragon]

Yeah, it looks like another user asked a similar question about this.
 

But, I don’t agree with this feature. I think that being able to edit your own posts should be allowed at any point in time. When I was an admin on a forum, it was considered to prevent users from editing their own posts after a certain period of time but we ultimately decided to not implement that because it would result in users reporting the posts they wanted altered and it would get a little annoying for staff to tend to those reports. Reports should be reserved for bringing inappropriate or wrongly placed material to staff’s attention - not for trivial matters like that. There was also the worry that users would modify their posts in an effort to hide something like an insult. But, staff had access to the edit history of any and all users so that worry was mitigated. I don’t know if this something staff here can do now or if they can apply it in the future.

Granted, the forum I staffed was larger and much busier than this one so we received reports more regularly so I can understand if staff here don’t find these reports to be a big deal. However, I do still think that the editing feature should be of unlimited use... A user has 0 control over something in their post like a YouTube video getting deleted or an attachment randomly becoming unviewable due to an expired link, a glitch, etc. I just don’t think that we should have to report these things when we can easily fix it ourselves. Of course, at the end of the day, leaving a post without revision isn’t the end of the world and it certainly isn’t a must that staff tend to all wishes of post revision. I understand this. But, I stand by my position.

What I have just stated is, in no way, meant to make the staff here feel in any negative way.