There are always pros and cons to these issues, but to say it adds confusion is possibly not correct. If the original poster deletes their post then the whole thread becomes irrelevant, it does happen. I have posted on threads where the original question has been deleted so I have in effect answered a question that no one has asked (Now that is confusing to everyone) That does look silly! If the forums were dynamic and a new post put it back to the top of the list that would be more helpful. I do agree that edits can make threads non linier, but it does work on other forums if the thread is bumped to the top.

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