(To add to my earlier restraint comments, I won't use Twitter, partially because, as a former philosopher, I can barely tell you what I had for lunch in 140 characters......but also because I will NOT use the cutesy nomenclature. *Tweet*?? arrrgghhh)


And BTW, I don't think I like the idea of a button for editing ones own Mudcat posts. In some forums, one's post gets buried in 'levels' and it can be important to be able to correct it, lest errors are forever set in stone. On Mudcat, a simple follow-up, very close to the original, will clarify most mistypings or even unclear language. And there are several mods at 'almost' any time who can correct serious problems (and often do, without being asked...such as bad URLs).

   Total freedom to edit one's own posts could lead to a situation like the US Congress, where the official record can be totally different from what was actually said, and lies & attacks could be denied as if they never happened. Maybe I'm being paranoid, but I think it works pretty well as is.

(see..I told you I couldn't explain something briefly)