Are posts edited without notification?

[Teddy Lop]

If a post contains words or phrases that are deemed unacceptable to the point the post is slightly edited/moderated to remove them, surely the poster should be notified of this?

[The Rotrex Kid]

Posts aren’t routinely edited, mostly they are just removed. Normally if they’re edited it’s more out of courtesy to the poster to keep your post but remove any swearing or inappropriate comments.

What post do you think has been edited?

[TonyRPH]

The moderators usually insert a comment, along the lines of "Mod edit: <reason given for edit>"

There are of course also times that posts are removed, but you'll usually be notified of that via email.

[Teddy Lop]

There's no "think" about it; I made a post in the health forum about pharmacists and used a piece of street slang I felt encapsulated the conduct of a individual who didn't exactly meet the standards of professional discretion you'd expect of someone in a position of having somewhat intimate details of oneself.

Someone, I guess the professionally offended type, with no interest in the topic under discussion or the nuance of what I was saying took exception to the phrase and responded to challenge me on the words, but in that pathetic kind of way lacking the wherewithal to state exactly what crime it is they wish to accuse one of. Thus I gave it the respect it deserved in ignoring it. Unless chavs are now a protected species this wasn't offensive language in anyones book.

Shortly afterwards this challenge reply was removed and my post edited to remove said words.

If said words are unmentionables then fine, in the sense your website your rules, but it seems odd to censure the words without informing me of my transgression? It doesn't give a very clear indication.

[The Rotrex Kid]

You’re right it was edited. The alternative would be for the whole thread to have been deleted. I think the moderator did you a favour. HTH