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HN does not have an edited tag and doesn't allow editing past a brief window (for both headlines and comments). Ones that are edited are invisibly edited: there
by caslon 5y ago
HN does not have an edited tag and doesn't allow editing past a brief window (for both headlines and comments). Ones that are edited are invisibly edited: there's no notification that they have been, unless someone points it out. You are wrong and your idea is so awful that I struggle to think of an idea that could be more destructive to discussion quality, especially on a site that already has a low standard of discussion like twitter.
I edited this comment multiple times. No edit tag.
- iainmerrick 5y agoHN does not have an edited tag Huh, wow! Somehow I had the idea that it did. I might be mixing it up with some other forum, or the edit to add: tag that many people here add manually. and doesn't allow editing past a brief window Right, that’s precisely the kind of obvious balancing restriction I was alluding to, by mentioning HN at all. your idea is so awful that I struggle to think of an idea that could be more destructive to discussion quality I’m going to need a bit more justification for that one than “your example of existing usage was incorrect”. Care to expand? Why does HN allow edits at all? Edit to add(!): I’m glad I was able to fix an unbalanced *
- LordAtlas 5y agoYou're thinking of Facebook, which has an "edited" tag on comments on posts as well as a full edit history if you click on it. I think Twitter could allow a 60-120 second edit window without being ripe for abuse that an indefinite edit window would allow.
- dlhavema 5y agoSlack does too, if that matters