Is there any way to change the edit window to 20 minutes?

Yes, I agree! I would also like a “Delete your question, or answer” button. Sometimes I change my mind and want to delete it but can’t.

It doesn’t matter what we want, there are no changes being made to Fluther. The founders don’t have time to work on Fluther. This has been known for quite awhile now.

No.
First, we can proof read before we decide to send it off.
Second, there’s now a window of, I think, 10 minutes.
Increasing it might be preferable for some, but which ever amount of time there is, it’ll always be debatable.
Twenty minutes will have to be lengthened to thirty, the next person will say.

Also, this would be suitable for Meta.

Also, I have now edited this answer three five times already.

Also, this has been suggested multiple times already; every time leading to the same answer.

@Coolhandluke Not going to happen; that (possibility) would (potentially) be abused.

^^Lol, you basically wrote what I said don’t bother writing in regards to we can edit ourselves already.

I meant to put this in Meta. I’ll flag it. Thanks for noticing.

I can’t imagine it’s very hard to change the program from 10 minutes to 20 minutes. I know close to zero about programming, but I’m assuming that’s editing one number. A 1 to 2.

It may not take very long to fix this. But if they fix this then they will be asked to fix numerous other things. They don’t want to, they don’t have time.

Even if some say “there’s nothing being done to the site so don’t bother asking,” is there any harm in asking anyway?

If you don’t ask it will never be done. If you ask, at least there’s a chance that it will be done.

If I don’t apply for a job, I definitely won’t get it. If I apply for it, there’s a chance I’ll get it.

There’s nothing wrong with applying for a job, it might land you one.
But apply seven times for a particular job at the same employer that send you off the first time you applied?

Edit: Not to say it’s asked by the same every time, but the answer has been the same all the time.

I only ever need 30 seconds tops, a quick proof read & Robert’s your Mother’s brother.

@rebbel Well, my FIL applied to a supermarket in Delray Beach, FL and they completely dismissed his application. Then when he was living with me in a different part of Florida, he got hired by the same supermarket chain. He worked hard and well the for a few weeks, but he also had to take written tests in English for the job, which was very hard. The second week of work he asked for them to change his schedule. The third week he asked for more changes to his schedule. Then he had to take another test as part of normal training and he got frustrated and quit with no notice in the spot to the trainer, not even his manager. I was pretty annoyed with him

Then he moved near his daughter, another part of Florida, and a few months later applied to the same chain supermarket. I thought for sure no way they will hire him. They did. He’s been working there 6 months now.

That’s great, really.
Congratulations to your DIL.

He has incredible courage and chutzpah. It’s amazing.

The idea of restricting the amount of time available to edit what’s written on Fluther is a good thing. It prevents abuse. I have experienced answering a question seriously only to discover that the asker had radically changed the question making my answer ridiculous. That happened here on this site, but it has only happened to me once. I have heard it happens regularly on sites with more lax restrictions.

Also, no changes are being made to Fluther. This has been known for many many years.

Also, supermarkets hire locally not based on what has happened at another store. Each store does their own hiring.

Also, we are all human. I think we all recognize that. Anyone can make a mistake. Autocorrect is a problem that we are all familiar with. I don’t proofread everything I write here whether I’m on my desktop or tablet. Not everything, but I do proofread more consistently when I’m on my tablet, because I know there are more mistakes there. I live with the embarrassment of the mistakes. It causes me grief for about 0.5 seconds. Then I’m over it.

Also, despite the lack of changes to the site, I see no reason for the dearth of parties. We haven’t had a good party here in an extremely long time. Pancakes, anyone?

Would using Word, let’s say solve the problem? I don’t know.

How can anyonme know if and what changes will be made? Does anyone have a link for that

Certainly it is easier to edit and proofread a pithy post rather than a long, rambling one. Brevity is the soul of wit – and perhaps, editing.

Another thing to consider is that Facebook and similar have had some trouble with the public and maybe even the law regarding users having control over privacy. It seems to me not being able to edit and delete falls into this category.

It states clearly in the terms and conditions that fluther is absolved from all responsibility for what you post, and owns it, and that you agree not to sue. And for a small and nearly defunct site, the chances are excellent that that lawyers and judges would not even begin to take such a suit seriously.

Are you planning to sue?

Lol.

I think if they were going to allow a larger window of time to edit, it would make sense to also have an option to view edit history.

But there’s no dire need to put the time and effort into changing it.

Low need.
Low payout.
Low probability.

I’m indifferent.

I too would prefer more time because I frequently post without proofreading, and reliably bungle.

I feel like the window serves to keep the answers short and concise.

But @JLeslie is not suggesting to do away with the window, but just to increase it from 10 to 20 minutes. With longer time, the edited version can end up being shorter and more concise, or longer and less concise.

@flo Maybe before anyone hits the “ask” button, they should review their question.

@chyna And after or before they post an answer.

@JLeslie you have it in your detail already, not everyone reads the detail part. “Please no answers that say, “you should edit before you hit “answer.” Obviously, we should edit before we hit answer, ...”