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So logs are no longer append-only? This seems like a uselessly complex thing for all servers and client logs to support. Seems like it would break many things.
by bcook 10y ago
So logs are no longer append-only? This seems like a uselessly complex thing for all servers and client logs to support. Seems like it would break many things. What situation needs an edit feature? I can think of none, since a quick follow-up correction is simple.
Also, edits would ruin many of the funny situations encountered on bash.org. :)
- exhilaration 10y agoWe use Slack heavily in our organization and editing happens all the time - whether it's to fix a typo, or insert a missing word, or cross out something we wrote earlier and put in the corrected version. Once you can do it you'll learn the value of it.
- raldi 10y agoI used to work at Bloomberg, where the terminal's MSG function supports editing and outright retraction of any message that hasn't yet been read (and thus, it also supports universal unfakeable read/unread status indicators on sent mail). Once you try it, you never want to go back.
- wcummings 10y agoI still use the common irc convention of rewriting the incorrect bit with an asterisk at the end on slack. Old habits die hard.
- GrinningFool 10y agoSame here except for cosmetic changes. It's the only way to be certain that people have read your corrected version, and not just the pre-corrected original.
- jbk 10y agoPeople do it on Slack and love this feature.
- Frondo 10y agoLogs can be append-only, while clients can still show edits. These aren't in conflict. It wouldn't have to be complex, either, and it certainly isn't useless (says me and a few other people already!). Quick example: I recently typed out about 10 long lines of business development chatter in Slack, the first of which contained a list of prospects. I realized I left a few out in my list, and edited the message to add them in. Without editing, I'd have to have either posted the complete list again or added them in as a second comment. Editing the original message is simply a lot less confusing.
- majewsky 10y agoWhenever I see someone on my IRC channels type out 10 long lines of anything, I tell them to use some sort of pastebin instead.
- crooked-v 10y agoSlack has a pastebin built in, too.
- Teckla 10y agoSlack has a pastebin built in, too. I'm not sure why your comment was down voted, but as both an IRC and Slack user, I have to say I love Slack's built in pastebin.
- Gruselbauer 10y agohttps://www.glowing-bear.org/ https://www.glowing-bear.org/ introduces pastebin for IRC. And a ton of other Slack-esque features. Generally very great software.
- bcook 10y agoPersonally, I would treat the chat like a forum post and take more time to confirm that what I was posting was accurate. I have never used chat as for business purposes though, so thanks for the insight. I do wonder though, should IRC evolve to be like Slack or should it evolve idependently? I feel that the new features should be more vital, rather than "neat"... like maybe more focus on privacy and/or anonymity. Undoubtedly, I am just resisting change...