I’m rolling out a number of changes this month. In the next post I’ll explain how the new refund system works. In this post I’ll talk about why the edit link is visible to everyone.
We get 2 questions sent to us over and over again:
1.) how can I edit the question that I just asked?
2.) how can I get a refund for my question?
We explain both issues on our FAQ, but few people read our FAQ.
Part of the problem is that people who ask questions then check back a day later and they do not log in. They can not see the “edit” link because they are not logged in. So they write to us.
We are now making the edit link visible to everyone. This unusual, for sure. However, I’m hoping this will allow askers to see the edit link. If you try to edit a question that is not yours, you will see this message:
If you do not own the question, or you are not logged in, this is what you will see:
If you are logged and you own the question, you will see these links:
If the visibility of these links cause too much confusion, we will make further changes.
