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I'll risk the downvotes, but I'm genuinely curious why people feel that they need to note that they've made trivial edits, like deleting a duplicated word or fi
by mhb 4y ago
I'll risk the downvotes, but I'm genuinely curious why people feel that they need to note that they've made trivial edits, like deleting a duplicated word or fixing a typo. Is there a sense that the historical record of these meanderings should be perfectly memorialized?
- jcampbell1 4y agoFull disclosure: I work for Google and am a member of the Illuminati. They aren’t necessary because we keep track. Sincerely, ChatGPT
- nagonago 4y agoJust one guess, but in the "good old days" of the Internet, people would sometimes get suspicious and accuse you of trickery if you edited your posts without explanation, so a culture developed of always explaining even the most trivial edits. "Full transparency" taken to its absurd extreme, I suppose.
- zhenyakovalyov 4y agoit’s a case of virtue signalling to other community members, same as using abbreviations in a corporate email or double space after a full stop. i guess, there is nothing wrong with that ¯\_(ツ)_/¯