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Originally Posted by Neil
Yep, there is a point to it. I'm sure I'm not alone in making a post and then re-reading it to discover a typo, spelling mistake, link or image that has not displayed correctly within the post. The 5 minute window gives everyone a chance to correct such things without notice.
The reason this grace period is limited to 5 minutes is to reduce the chance of any abuse.
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If an edited post was always marked as edited, surely this would encourage people to think a bit harder about posting in the first place, which can only be a good thing.
On the other hand, giving someone 5 minutes grace to completely alter the character of a post while in the meantime someone has already quoted it and posted a reply is definately open to abuse.