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The fact that users don't want their edit history visible is precisely why making it visible would be a useful tradeoff. Sure, you can fix your mistakes — but y
by danso 5y ago
The fact that users don't want their edit history visible is precisely why making it visible would be a useful tradeoff. Sure, you can fix your mistakes — but you have to balance whether the fix is worth sending up a flag (e.g. "This tweet has been edited") that may draw even more attention and scrutiny to the original tweet.
It's like the "Hidden replies" feature [0]. Sure someone can maliciously use it to hide valid criticism. But in doing so, they're essentially doing a public curation of "these are the replies which really rankled me"
[0] https://techcrunch.com/2019/11/21/twitter-rolls-out-its-hide-replies-feature-to-all-users-worldwide/ https://techcrunch.com/2019/11/21/twitter-rolls-out-its-hide...