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"Why? Silicon Valley is in California where noncompetes are illegal" Everything that follows this is a subsequent edit.
by harry8 8y ago
"Why? Silicon Valley is in California where noncompetes are illegal"
Everything that follows this is a subsequent edit.
- Stratoscope 8y agoIs that a problem? I routinely edit my own comments to clarify a thought or fix a typo, and I'm grateful when others take the trouble to do the same.
- harry8 8y agoGo right ahead and note the edit. You see it frequently around here, people write edit: I'm adding this bit for further explanation. I was being criticised rather heavily for responding to what was written as it didn't look "Charitable" in the light of subsequent expansion. It's right there still if you care to look. edit: this conversation thread has been completely de-railed by it. Was that the point? Who knows...
- Stratoscope 8y agoI hope you won't mind too much if I disagree with you about this. I don't personally find any value in remarks like "edit: fixed a typo and added a couple more sentences to help explain what I meant." I don't plan to start adding those kinds of remarks when I edit a comment. I don't care if other people do this, I just don't see any value in it myself, and I'm just as happy if people simply edit their comments without calling special attention to the edit. I'm not following the history of their comment, I'm just reading it at the moment I read it. Of course if people have replied to a comment, and a subsequent edit changes the meaning of the comment so the replies don't make sense any more, that is a different story and deserves an "edit" remark.
- harry8 8y agoOk then don't edit your comment at all. Changing the context of the responses to make them look bad is a dk move full stop the end. Clear enough? Good o. Best.
- Stratoscope 8y agoI realize this is something you feel strongly about, but I will not be following your advice in this matter. I hope we can remain friends, OK?
- james_s_tayler 8y agogiven that you only ever see meaningless "edit: spelling" comments they don't add any useful information and are just noise IMO.