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Add edit/delete own messages

I mistyped a message, then found out I couldn't edit or delete my message.

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      • Anonymous commented  · 

        would enable us to change the title of an existing thread?

      • Kenny JohnstonKenny Johnston commented  · 

        +1 for this. Limiting the time in which you can edit is perfectly acceptable (if not preferred).

      • AnonymousAnonymous commented  · 

        Yeah, it's scary when you have a lot of flows open in tabs, and you write in the wrong one. Delete or edit would be great.

      • Christian MarthChristian Marth commented  · 

        This is quite an important feature as we have a flow which our clients are in...

        Sometimes I have a brain fart and dump messages into the wrong flow, it would be vital to be able to have the option to delete your own chat message, event if there is only a 15 min opportunity or so do so...

      • AnonymousAnonymous commented  · 

        Please implement like other popular tools. You can edit your comments for 15 minutes. After that it isn't possible.

      • Christian MarthChristian Marth commented  · 

        +1 for this as well, this is handy to have if you can delete a message you have written...

      • AnonymousAnonymous commented  · 

        Come on, it's not very friendly towards the user to force people spam the chat with messages correcting typos in earlier posts. Shouldn't be that hard to add..

      • Matthew PhiongMatthew Phiong commented  · 

        Again after so many months, still not under review?

      • Guy FraserGuy Fraser commented  · 

        In skype I believe you can do something like this:

        s/foobar/fubar

        Which would replace "foobar" in your previous message with "fubar". While I've not tried this myself (so not sure if I have the syntax right) many of my colleagues rave about the feature as it allows them to quickly repair typos without needing to move the mouse or keyboard focus to an "Edit" link on their previous comment.

      • Tommi ReinikainenTommi Reinikainen commented  · 

        How about a sed-like syntax for this that'd affect only the previous message? E.g. s/foo/foobar/g

      • Richard JohanssonRichard Johansson commented  · 

        This would make the transition from Skype easier for some users.

      • wizwiz commented  · 

        this bit me already many times since start of a project ):

      • Davis Zanetti CabralDavis Zanetti Cabral commented  · 

        I would like something like skype - you can only edit recent messages - a way to avoid ppl removing history.

      • ameketaameketa commented  · 

        I'm shocked that this isn't an option. Annoyingly, it seems like I can't delete the default messages that got pulled in by default following the flowdock twitter account...

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