Once upon a time, Matthew Miller mattdm@fedoraproject.org said:
On Fri, Apr 21, 2023 at 11:07:16AM -0500, Chris Adams wrote:
Once upon a time, Matthew Miller mattdm@fedoraproject.org said:
- also, to fix typos :)
So, I will say this is kind of a peeve of mine about server-based discussion systems (whether web or client like Slack/Discord): allowing people to edit messages, especially after people have replied to them, is a bad idea. Person 1 says "we should do XYZ", somebody replies "no XYZ is bad", and person 1 can go change their original message to say something completely different.
Do you mean maliciously? In that case, it's a matter of asking people to not do that.
I've seen it used that way, so that was my concern.
Or do you mean that it makes the history of the conversation confusing? The history _is_ there — edited posts are marked as such and you can see the changes.
But that definitely mitigates that concern. Most sites I've seen only show you the edited version, with no history available (at least to regular users).