Why was my post locked?

[Random American]

Hi David,
May I ask why my post was locked? I wasn't planning to edit it or anything, and I'm not complaining. I'm just curious.
Thanks,

RA

[DavidIQ]

1. It's a suspicious post which most times indicates you're coming back to edit and create spam.
2. Why are you trying to edit your post? Makes #1 completely true.

[Random American]

1. It's a suspicious post which most times indicates you're coming back to edit and create spam.
2. Why are you trying to edit your post? Makes #1 completely true.

I wasn't actually trying to edit my post. I was just trying to figure out why the edit and delete buttons disappeared by getting the system to display the error message, as I didn't know what happened at first. Also, if my objective was to spam, wouldn't it make more sense to make a new post with the spam rather than edit a previous one?

Regardless, if you think I'm a future adspammer, you are free to wait for the spam that will never come. I understand your suspicions, but in this case, they are not true.

[DavidIQ]

Well if you're not going to spam then great! But the scenario where a post is made and some time later that "user" comes back to edit their posts and replace the contents with spam is something that happens all the time and is just another tactic spammers use to circumvent the filters that are in place.

[Random American]

Well if you're not going to spam then great! But the scenario where a post is made and some time later that "user" comes back to edit their posts and replace the contents with spam is something that happens all the time and is just another tactic spammers use to circumvent the filters that are in place.

Understood. I just wasn't familiar with that tactic.

[DavidIQ]

No worries, thanks for asking. Just FYI though there is also an edit time limit set. After an hour posts become un-editable.

[Random American]

No worries, thanks for asking. Just FYI though there is also an edit time limit set. After an hour posts become un-editable.

Understood, thanks for letting me know. Sorry for the late reply.

 

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Am I the only one here who posted here recently (other than you) who didn't do it to spam?

[DavidIQ]

Am I the only one here who posted here recently (other than you) who didn't do it to spam?

Yes...