In my opinion it’s not useless at all. Lemmy marks the comments as edited, but that’s just to show the fact that it was edited. But if you add the reason why you edited, that makes it a whole lot more transparent.
Sometimes it could happen that I see a great comment full of great ideas from a great user, and it could be lengthy as well. Then later I go back to see the reactions, and I see the comment was edited. If I don’t know what was edited on it, then I have to read the whole comment again. But if it’s clearly stated that only typos were fixed, then I don’t bother with re-reading the comment.
Lemmy needs to get rid of edit if you edit within 1 min. Often you’ll see a typo after you post and you have to edit. There should be a grace period like reddit.
Yes, I do that all the time. No better time to proofread than after you post!
I don’t get why there isn’t a “view edit” feature. Lay it all out.
Even with view edit for some reason I’ll always catch the fucker AFTER I post!
i think the point is that you only have to write “edit:” when you actually changed something in your message
if there’s no “edit” it’s often safe to assume nothing really changed, it’s just a typo or a rewording
It’s good to have a hint on what he changed, if the whole text completely or was just a typo. It doesn’t hurt…
if the whole text completely was changed there’d be an “edit”
If you don’t put the “Edit:” you will never know if it was a typo or a whole text.
are you even reading what I’m saying
It’s just one of those painfully Reddit things I was hoping we had left behind.
Edit: Thanks for the gold kind stranger!
How many times do you go to the bathroom in a day you think? Jw
about as many times as i open lemmy
As long as as you don’t use ETA as an abbreviation for “edited to add”, you are ok. That shit was suddenly everywhere on reddit, god darn kids and them fancy ambiguous acronyms!!! shakes fist at clouds
I used to tell people I’m about 5 minutes away when they did that on Reddit. Ask for my ETA I’ll give you it.
It’s an initialism, not an acronym.
shakes fist at that too
I’d rather have it be known why I’ve edited my message, rather than leave people to question if I’d edited the body or meaning of my message. In my case it’s an accredited science lab thing, but I imagine lots of corporate and legal professionals do the same.
I also imagine things. Are you supporting your own position through things your brain created while staring out the window?
Supporting your position through things created in your brain is called “explaining yourself”, or more specifically “explaining the rationale behind your position”.
Did you think you were being clever?
I wish there was a time allowance for editing comments without showing that the comment was edited. Something like 30 seconds would be enough to correct a misspelled or missing word. Most of my comments that are marked as edited are simple typos that I edit within a few seconds of posting them.
There was a 60 second grace period. It was a called a ninja edit
Ah, you mean a ninja edit. Yes, this should be allowed.
I just tested and it definitely isn’t.
That’s why you proofread before you post, don’t you?
Lmao no
Why would you say something so true yet so controversial?
Because if somebody pointed out a spelling error, you aren’t making them look like the idiot.
But making others look like idiots is what the internet is all about!
Edit: because my social anxiety leaks into text and I have a desperate need to over share and over explain so people don’t mistake my thought or meaning.
Edit: HOW DARE YOU!
When you get to level 7 you unlock the ability to delete your comment and repost it without spelling errors or a mark of editing.
Sometimes I don’t want to say "edit: my fat thumbs typed ‘thumps’ instead of ‘thumbs’ " but I don’t want anyone to assume foul play when they see my comment has been edited.
But that still requires people trusting you not to be dishonest when you provide the reason for your edit.
I know it’s a lot more complexity, but I wish we just had edit history for everything. You edited your comment? Easy enough for someone to go back and see that you didn’t change your meaning. You changed your opinion? Edit your post’s content and people will still know the context of the replies.
I don’t think it’s worth the effort in 95% of cases. How many people would care to troll or argue like that? They’d hardly be reasoned with even if proofs are at hand.
I still prefer when people do that if it after people already replied. Especially if those typos were significant enough to cause misunderstandings. The whole chain just becomes confusing if you fix them without any edit log.
Edit: Just to completely change the whole meaning of the post to make people who responded to me look like assholes.
Back in the early days of Reddit if you edited something it was marked as such, but people didn’t know what you edited. So, as a courtesy, you explained your edit.
Lots of platforms now have an ‘edited’ notification so it’s still common to leave the ‘E:’ comment.
Edit: Because I want to ok.
Why even bother? Edit: edit
Reason: Lazy
