Go flag yourself. How not to correct a mistake.

in #steemit8 years ago (edited)

OK, I'm sure for most this will be self-explanatory so this is for the noobs, such as myself, fondling in the darkness. Perhaps those in the know can lend me some assistance as well.

Sooooo don't screw up a ton of image links and try to edit. I know Steemit is still in beta and apparently doing so causes it to spin its wheels when you try to edit. 12 hours later and it's still spinning. I am fairly new to blogging so basic html is not in my immediate skill set but I am quickly learning.

Worse yet, don't get impatient. After waiting several minutes and several refreshes later...waiting, I decided to simply re-post the article I wrote with the correct edits. Well, I did not want to have two of the same article floating around so I thought, "Hey, maybe I should just flag (down vote) my own post so it reduces the visibility and push people to the new updated version. I can delete it later."

WRONG! SO WRONG!

Not only did I damage my own rep, but apparently I don't have the rep to remove my own down vote to my own post!


laughing on the outside, crying on the inside

Learn from your mistakes. Better yet, learn from others' mistakes.

Now, does anyone know how I can fix this other than waiting and hoping I can eventually delete the post?

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I think the only thing you can do is delete the text in your post and write something like "delete" or "I fucked up disregard this brain fart". You have a certain amount of time before what you wrote becomes undeletable because it's on the block chain.

Dang. Well, thanks for the info. Lesson learned!

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