How come edits take longer to load than new posts?

[Gatekeeper]

For goodness' sake, people. Edits take longer to load because the CIA, FBI, Echelon and God knows how many other of the planet's intelligence agencies are comparing your edited post to the original one and making changes to your personnel file accordingly.

Gatekeeper

[Sava]

Originally posted by Gatekeeper
For goodness' sake, people. Edits take longer to load because the CIA, FBI, Echelon and God knows how many other of the planet's intelligence agencies are comparing your edited post to the original one and making changes to your personnel file accordingly.

Gatekeeper

Gramphos's answer seems best.

[rah]

Asked, answered, spammed, TOAST.