Why Doesn’t Facebook Allow Me To Edit My Posts On My Wall?

I have to ask, why can’t I edit my own posts on my own Facebook wall? Facebook allows me to edit any other posts I make, or just delete them. On my own wall, however, all I can do is delete the post. I don’t know why this is.

Frankly, it baffles me a bit. Shouldn’t I potentially have more control over my own posts on my own wall? I could at least understand a bit modifying ones on other people’s walls…but my own?

I fully admit, I am constantly hounded by typo demons. I fully suspect that in another life I stole a sacred golden typo demon idol from a typo demon temple deep in the mountains of Tai Poh and was cursed for all future lives. As such, I frequently post something on Facebook only to look back on it and realize I made a really stupid typing error. The ability to edit helps this, and I make use of it.

However, for some reason, I can’t do this with my posts on my own wall. I have the option to delete, but that’s it. Sometimes I do delete and repost without the typo, but sometimes I’m too lazy. Sometimes people have commented or liked already before I get the chance to delete and redo, so sometimes I just leave things for that reason.

Regardless, Facebook, why won’t you let me edit my posts on my own wall? Seems like this would be a useful feature.