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Do we know who is doing these edits and why?
by g42gregory 5y ago
Do we know who is doing these edits and why?
- floatingatoll 5y agoYou could ask the mods why directly about the pig heart article, if you’re seriously interested, using the footer contact link. I wouldn’t do this for every edit and expect a reply, but it seems like asking them to chime in here for a single case study would be simpler and more factual than guessing at reasoning, and I imagine they’re probably willing.
- dang 5y agoIt could be the submitter, the software, or the mods. For example, the submitter did this one: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29879165 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29879165 but the mods did this one: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29879184 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29879184 Peter's tool doesn't tend to pick up software edits because most of those happen on submission, which is before the tool picks them up.
- krapp 5y agoSince you seem to be logging edit history internally, how about making that visible to users? There would be a lot less confusion and paranoia around if it were obvious when an edit was made and by whom.
- dang 5y agoAlas, I think the odds are that there would be more, not less. Certainly there would be a lot more fodder for it. These things don't explain themselves, after all; we still have to do that, and it's a ton of work. It's also stressful—it's all public, and if you screw up in any way, you can easily generate more hostility and more work for yourself. I think the current approach, in which we don't publish everything we do but are happy to answer specific questions when people ask them, is the right balance.