To want /need an edit function

I agree, I do proof read but mistakes get through and I get frustrated because I can’t correct them. An edit function would be good.

Isn't that what 'preview' is for?
Although, I do agree that an edit button would be handy!

Thing is, most of us read through the errors and do understand what was intended. Unless my intention was completely skewed, I would not attempt to correct. I certainly would not correct any spelling errors. Too much like hard work. If pedants want to assume I can't spell, then so be it.

A different site, but 139 laughing emojis on a post made me realise that I had asked about 'winter panties' and not 'winter pansies'. An edit button would have been great, once I'd realised the mistake! ??

Don’t worry about phone kali need new brain
No we will never get one
I ve never ever had a problem on any other forums 99% of the time it’s used to correct spelling or wrong words and not having one doesn’t stop rudeness at all I was called a wicked witch by one ‘circus acrobat’ who shall not be name and it sat there for days

Can't stand typing on phone- always use tablet and proper keyboard!

We should all disable autocorrect - that would get rid of 90% of my mistakes at a stroke.

AAHHGH!

goody, not goodie - see! We need an edit button (and I did look on Preview before posting

It’ll never happen. Mumsnet doesn’t have one, despite MANY requests for it, and it is open to abuse. I always use preview, so that’s good enough for me.

A five-minute button would pretty much eradicate the possibility of offensive posts being altered. As BlueBelle says, there are plenty of 'goody or downright offensive' ones anyway, and one poster's straight talking is another's bullying in any case - what constitutes 'offensive' is often in the eye of the beholder.

Admin can see the edits, so if someone did post 'Doodledog is a big fat meanie' then change it 4 minutes later to 'I beg to differ, old girl', and anyone reported it, the culprit would be bang to rights.

See I need an edit button my capitols didn’t work out

A five minute edit button works on every other forum I ve ever been on
Abuse can be imagined just by posting
Are you presuming there are never any * goady or downright unpleasant posts* on here anyway …dream away ilovecheese
There are many and they often stay on for days and days cloud cuckoo land

I don't agree with having an edit button. There is already a preview button which can easily be used to check for typos. There is also a function to ask for one's own post to be deleted.
An edit button would be open to abuse, goady or downright unpleasant posts could be altered later so that the perpetrator could claim "that's not what I said. Look! "

Yes a 5 minute edit button would not be open to abuse but would be very helpful, particularly to those of us typing on our phones! But mumsnet and gransnet seem stubbornly resistant to the idea.

I’m another who would like an edit button and to be given five minutes in which to use it. More often than not I find mistakes having just pressed ‘Post’. If editing is limited to the person writing the post I cannot see the problem.

Told you!

Use the preview, an edit button is open to misuse.

There was NEVER any feedback muse we all have asked and asked for a few simple changes but we never get anything and that time not even an acknowledgement

Must say it would be great- I type very fast and do make typos- sometimes mistakes too as English is not my MT. I should always 'preview message' before posting though. But an 'edit' button would be great. It could time out after a couple of minutes though.

Many moons ago someone at GNHQ asked what we would like to be changed or added to GN. An edit button was in the top three suggestions.

I can't recall seeing any feed back from GNHQ about the suggestions made ??

Another vote for an edit button, please.

Juliet27 that is hilarious ?

I didn't know there was one on Facebook Jackiest - is it for messages or just public chat? Where is it please?

I agree with you and a few choices such as 'like' 'laugh' 'cross' etc to respond to comments would be good.