A member change the title of my post ?  Is this common ? - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: ez24
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 22, 2018, 02:29:23 am
content: First time this has happened to me (that I know of) - look at the titles of messages 12 and 13.https://www.eevblog.com/forum/chat/aneng-an860b-multimeter-aliexpress-warning/msg1405915/#msg1405915It confused the hell out of me for a long time (I am easy to confuse) so I really do not like this. I kept thinking I was in the wrong post, so I went back and forth for about 1/2 hour until I figured this outebastlerchanged the title of my post! Is this common - I never noticed this before ? Is this something that I should pay attention to? I have changed the title of my posts but I never dreamed of changing someone's post. Should I ? I learned something new.thanks

author: Ampera
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 22, 2018, 02:32:39 am
content: I've seen this on forums before, and it doesn't surprise me that it exists.

author: IanB
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 22, 2018, 02:35:27 am
content: Quote from: ez24 on January 22, 2018, 02:29:23 amHe didn't change the title of your post, he changed the title of his post in response to yours. Everyone is entitled to put any title they like on their own posts. Only you can change the title of your own posts.

author: Cubdriver
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: January 22, 2018, 02:37:01 am
content: Quote from: ez24 on January 22, 2018, 02:29:23 amWhen you reply to a post, the subject line at the top of the reply box can be edited or replaced (as I did above). I never noticed it until you mentioned it, but now as I actually look at it, it's obvious. Though I think it only changes the title of the post being made, and, I would guess, any that quote that post. I'd expect that a later quote of an earlier post would retain the original post's title.-Pat

author: ez24
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 22, 2018, 02:37:24 am
content: Quote from: IanB on January 22, 2018, 02:35:27 amYes I know (after 1/2 hour) Is this common ?

author: Alex Eisenhut
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 22, 2018, 02:50:05 am
content: Pretty sure most forum software works like this. Look at Slashdot for example.

author: ez24
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 22, 2018, 02:57:32 am
content: Quote from: Alex Eisenhut on January 22, 2018, 02:50:05 amSo far no one has changed theseGuess it is something I have to keep my eyes open for. Is there any purpose for this?

author: BradC
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 22, 2018, 03:01:29 am
content: Quote from: ez24 on January 22, 2018, 02:57:32 amIt's no different than changing the subject line in an E-mail thread. Sometimes posts drift off topic, and it's a nice way to indicate a change of tack.

author: tautech
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 22, 2018, 04:22:03 am
content: Quote from: ez24 on January 22, 2018, 02:57:32 amYep, to make the title of a thread more accurately represent its content.One you most likely know but probably not by its link:https://www.eevblog.com/forum/testgear/hear-kitty-kitty-kitty-nope-not-that-kind-of-cat/

author: Brumby
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: January 22, 2018, 04:28:33 am
content: Quote from: ez24 on January 22, 2018, 02:57:32 amFor the original poster (the one who created the thread) changing the title of the original post will change the title of the thread on the board lists ... something which gets suggested on occasion when the OP hasn't chosen their wording particularly well.Other times, the members responding have their own thoughts on an appropriate title - sometimes because they feel like it and sometimes because:Quote from: BradC on January 22, 2018, 03:01:29 am

author: Richard Crowley
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 22, 2018, 05:00:45 am
content: It is apparently rare enough (at least for your threads and those you read) that you never noticed it before.Since it is a common feature in most forum software, it doesn't seem like a big deal.

author: ez24
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 22, 2018, 05:23:20 am
content: Actually I find this rude (not you Brumby). I have "suggested" a couple of times to the OP it might be better to change the title but I never did.In my case the member changed it to something that had NOTHING to do with me or my post !I like the meters the company makes, I have 3 and I want more.It had nothing to do about communications.It was about seeing Awaiting shipment on one page and Order Cancelled on the detail page. Tomorrow I will read it again and perhaps make it clearer.I will change the title tomorrow (I am getting too tired to think)I remember the Kitty - funny it was changed in #2 and joe never said anythingI do not like this but I guess it is something I need to keep an eye on. In the meantime I am trying to understand Brumby's titleLearn something new everyday is a good thing.

author: BravoV
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 22, 2018, 05:24:00 am
content: Its rare, I did only few on my own threads, which started as a questioning thread to buy a new T&M, and the thread turned into discussions, while in the middle discussion, I bought it and did a teardown.At that specific post that has the tear down post, I did rename the post's title as reference, hopefully to aid searching in the future.Example at this thread ->HEREwhich started as questioning thread, and in buried in the middle of the thread this particular post ->HERE, just watch this post's title.Also did this few times in my gigantic Tektronix 2465B thread, main purpose is just to improve the visibility of search result.

author: Muttley Snickers
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: January 22, 2018, 05:41:02 am
content: I suspect that occasionally people don't realise or notice that they have accidentally altered the thread title during a reply and somehow seem to add all sorts of garbage to the original title, what's worse is people making the thread title too long without a break as Brumby has done in reply #9, it screws up the column widths in the recent posts list on the main page because the sentence cannot wrap, not an issue when viewed from a PC but from other devices it can be a real headache to pan around and view.

author: tautech
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 22, 2018, 06:26:26 am
content: Quote from: ez24 on January 22, 2018, 05:23:20 amFurther into the Kitty thread I started a dialogue with Joe about his thread title and suggested that a name better relevant to the thread content would/should get many more views and a larger following.He thought about it for a few days and changed the OP to what it is today, a great resource for anyone wanting to research any of the better DMM's.

author: Shock
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 22, 2018, 01:56:35 pm
content: This feature is probably a remnant of newsgroups and the thread view or thread/summary view style. It's not really standard at all in my opinion, confusing and takes up real estate. WAP and iMode views suppress the reply subject lines.https://www.eevblog.com/forum/chat/a-member-change-the-title-of-my-post-is-this-common/?waphttps://www.eevblog.com/forum/chat/a-member-change-the-title-of-my-post-is-this-common/?wap2https://www.eevblog.com/forum/chat/a-member-change-the-title-of-my-post-is-this-common/?imodeXML has themhttps://www.eevblog.com/forum/chat/a-member-change-the-title-of-my-post-is-this-common/?action=.xml