Editing a post is confusing

I find that editing an OP (original post - a thread that a person started) is very confusing. Editing a reply is clear (the option is shown when you click the three dots in the reply). However... to edit your discussion that you started (the top/original post in the thread) you have to use the tiny gear icon in the far right - above the right column. It's not an intuitive location at all, imho. I was very confused and had a very hard time finding it. 

Could we maybe get the gear moved into the post area, or just have the three dots with edit as an option in the OP also, like in the replies? Thanks!