Ileana Calotescu
A real drama was created as I began to edit my old posts in the Open Lists category. Many of my friends are upset about this. I really don’t understand why. I’m sorry you feel that.
Why did I choose to edit these posts?
1. First of all, for the simple fact that all the photos in the posts in this category are not visible, which is very unpleasant for me.
2. Many of my posts, even though they have as cover image my photo, lead to other users’ posts, which is just as unpleasant. Those who come to see my pictures, want to see my pictures, not of others.
Below are some links. Click on them to get a better understanding of what this is about!
World Hidden Raindrops
Macro Monday – Thistle Seeds
Macro Monday 5
Macro Monday 6 – Cornflower
Macro Monday 4
Raindrops for Macro Monday 3
Macro Monday 2
Macro Monday
I will continue to edit a post each day, until I’ll fix all the posts. Maya threatened to hurt me if I won’t make these edits !!! I’m sorry it bothers you!
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Do you mind that Virily allows us to edit posts?
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yes
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no
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I see no problem with taking advantage of the new facility that is now on offer. However, it is possible that the liberty could be abused, and some people are reluctant to edit their posts for fear of being thought of as abusers of the system.
I do not consider that I am abusive if I try to make visible the photos from my old posts. If you have accessed at least one of the links above you will notice what it is!
Good for you! It’s good to refresh our blog posts once in a while. I can’t find the Edit on my posts.
Go to More button options and select Posts. Below each post are three dots. Click on them and then edit!
Thank you. I did find it. 🙂 VIRILY is a blogging site. We are free to edit our posts whenever we want, update them to up-to-standard, refresh any old info we missed clarifying and updating. I checked with FAQ on editing. It’s not wrong. What is wrong is accusing authors of ulterior motive and wrong-doing— for editing and refreshing our own blog posts.
I have not done any editing and refreshing any of my blogs, yet. Can’t be bothered, I guess.
You’are welcome! I’m glad I was able to help you!
I do not see any problems with edited posts, I edit also, just add missing photos.
I edited the posts for the same reason ( missing photos). But there are some who are worried that the edited posts reach the list of the most commented and receive too many virils.
It’s a big headache to make two lists. However, we cannot influence this at all. Admins must decide what they will do.
I managed to read a few but I find them quite difficult among so many comments.?
Editing posts can be a good thing. Your edit turned out great.
For me, editing is beneficial because it brings to light all my photos lost for two years!
I think it’s okay if people edit their posts, I have no problem with that.
Thank you for understanding my point of view
I’m planning to edit some posts too…
some of them just brings back unpleasant memories when new users dig them out …
I’ll just replace them with something else …
I think your reasons are pretty valid,
I won’t like it too if I click in only to see “Image cannot be loaded” or that sort of errors.
Thank you for understanding my point of view. If you click on the last link, you will get to a post of your own, although it is in the list of my posts (my picture as cover image). I will edit this post soon.
Q: DO YOU MIND THAT VIRILY ALLOWS US TO EDIT POSTS?
yes – 27%
no – 73%
It seems that only 27% are bothered by the possibility of editing. 73% are for!
my only concern with editing posts and I have at 20 I want to edit is that false positive that is created. They jump to the top of lists.
Post that makes the most commented and trending lists get more views than ones that do not. So right now when we edit posts we take one of those slots from other new posts.
That is my only concern. When they fix that bug I am going to edit quite a few posts!
This is not a you issue, this is sadly a Virily issue.
I don’t understand your concern! I didn’t get many views on the edited posts and no many comments. I get more views on new posts although they do not appear in the most commented list. So, please don’t worry about this and start edit your posts!
i cannot do that. The posts I want to change have 60 or more comments right now and more than 400 views. They would be at the top, and knock another author, like yourself, out of a chance to be there.
I am hoping that Virily will fix this. So that when you edit a post, you still get the banked credit (Virils for comments and views) but the post would actually be as if it were brand new with no comments and no views.
Posts ont he most commented, and trending lists get more new views that normal posts do.
Let me tell you something! If someone has viewed the post before editing (most of you have viewed my posts two years ago), and is viewing it again now, I will not receive any virile. I get virile only if someone has not viewed the post before editing !!!! Even if the posti receives 100 views I do not receive credit for these views. It is a false concern. Please believe me!
That is not my concern at all. However many virils you earn for a post is awesome and you deserve every single one.
It knocks another post out of the trending lists. A new post that would gain 20 to 40 views being in the trending or most commented list.
You knock someone out of the list by doing that with the current setup.
Please note, there are authors who have posts with lots of comments and views that could edit those and no one will gain the benefit of being on the trending or most commented lists. That is my concern.
It is wholly you decided to do that. Just understand that you are impacting other authors possibly.
None of my edited posts are on trendig lists. They were there two years ago.
they were they are only for 24 hours. It is wholly your choice and decision. I just know some of the authors are not going to until that feature/bug is fixed.
I am convinced that you have another reason why you do not edit your posts, not because it could take the place of other posts in most commented.They may not require editing. You know better than me what the reason is! By the way! Today I edited an old post and it is not in the most commented list! So I tell you once again that there is no reason for anyone to worry that his place in the most commented posts list will be taken by my posts! I will take care to choose the very few commented. You can do the same! Please, please do not worry!
Thank you for your last statement. Thank you also for picking low comments and low view posts. That is a great workaround to the issue!!!
I drove the request in July to get posts edited. I am concerned with the initial implementation.
My reason is that any post that starts on the most commented and most viewed (Trending) lists is knocking another author off.
If you are editing older posts that are not on those lists – that is perfectly fine!
I am not going to edit my older posts yet, I don’t have many that wouldn’t pop the trending list, I have a lot of non-virily views so I will for now not edit my posts for the reasons I have stated.
But I thank you for taking the time to pick low views and low comment posts to edit. That is awesome, and a great workaround thank you!!!
How long do they stay there? I just checked trending – 5 non-edited old posts with over a few thousands views, and 5 new posts.
My edited post is in most commented right now, and the 4 comments I got since it’s there are from people who comment all my recent posts anyway, so I don’t think the drama is really that huge.
Also new posts talking about how edited posts create drama on Virily are in both trending and most commented, while they are not posts that could bring a lot of external views.
I don’t think it’s a drama either. Any posting is max. 24 hours in the most commented list! This is likely to bother those who used to have posts on this list. I’m sorry they feel that.
If more people edit their posts, I guess there will be more action there, so things will be relatively even again.
Far too many things are unfair here, this seems like the smallest one. People have been abusing the system for virils since the beginning, that’s why virils for follows and external views were removed. And guess what? Users immediately started complaining because the virils are gone. However, no one complained about the unfair practices, because they saw it as loss for the site, not theirs. Maybe now they see the spots in trending/most commented as personal loss.
I don’t agree that he’s manipulating people, he just has a different opinion. He has good intentions because he has experience in this area, and he’s trying to help admins who either do not have the time or resources to fix everything. You also have this power of shaping people’s opinions, because you also write about Virily a lot, or contact admins. So let’s avoid personal attacks. Whenever I disagree with someone I prefer contacting them directly.
I don’t suggest you contacting him, but I don’t want to be involved in other people’s conflicts. I have told him my opinion on the topic that matters to me, so please don’t drag me in.
Good for you Ileana! We do come to see your photography. I know I do. I learn a lot just from viewing your photos. Who cares if it pushes them to the top. They deserved it the first time around. So there! 😉 I admire you for doing this. I probably won’t, it would just be too much work for me, and I am with Carol. I just hope they fix them. Loved maya’s photos and I don’t remember this one.
I think you know that most of my posts from the first two years are in the Open lists category and all the photos are “invisible”. Isn’t it a pity for the work done to take these pictures and nobody to see them? Editing doesn’t take me more than 3 minutes!?
I think editing post is good purpose in order to remove any error.
I think it is OK to edit your old posts it is fine…
I am very happy that we can edit your posts but I have not looked over any old posts. Hopefully, they are all right because there are just too many for me to go over
We begged to be able to edit our posts for years, so I am happy that we finally are.
I am happy , too! I can fix my old posts now!
I really dislike this drama about the edited posts. Having presentable content is more important than having a post in “most commented” or whatever the issue is.
I totally agree with you, Ellie! I never gave high importance to these more commented posts!
I usually read the posts from the “Latest” page. In general I am not interested in what other users comment on posts that are not mine, because there are no comments addressed to me.
If it was a bad thing, why did Admin make it available? I’ve been trying to get some posts fixed for a long time, and they look better now. So, I will use it when needed!
I agree with you completely! I don’t care whether edited posts become trending, but if it’s problem for most users, the admins should step in. The problem is that they don’t, and now users are taking things in their hands and this is creating a mess.
Thank you for the comments!
They are not bad people. They just have different opinions than yours!
I think most of us have the same problem with our older posts. It bothers me as well. Virily is suppose to be “working” on this issue.
It’s been more than a year since this problem exists and it has not been fixed. Maybe that’s why they chose to allow editing so we fix our own posts. What stops you from editing your posts?
Ileana, I have too many to be edited. And other reasons I will not go into here. 🙂
This only happens in the case of Open Lists. As you may recall, in the first two years I posted in most cases in this category. It is not very pleasant that most of my posts do not contain photos …. especially when the theme in those posts is about photography
I have never posted in this category and that is why I do not know! Thanks for the correction!
I checked now. I got virils for the last poll viewed.
I don’t think that the old content will be back, even if they fix it and prevent it from happening in the future. For many of my lists, I don’t even remember what photos and content I had.
The pictures are there, just not visible. Try editing the post and then save in the draft. Then open the draft post again and the pictures appear. I do so!
That’s amazing, I will take a look. Thank you so much!
You are very welcome, Ellie!
In the Story category my pictures are visible.
I think most of my photos that are gone are in lists, so it worked for me. I almost gave up because it wanted me to add a photo to start, but I figured it out. I just added a photo, saved the draft, removed the added photo, and published the post.