3 ms·

Rather than append an edit at the end, just delete your post if it was completely debunked, otherwise people, like myself, read a paragraph of text only to lear

Rather than append an edit at the end, just delete your post if it was completely debunked, otherwise people, like myself, read a paragraph of text only to learn it's all apparently "debunked".

arcanemachiner 3y ago
Maybe a TLDR at the top would be better. There's often some pretty crucial context that gets nuked when the entire post gets deleted.
- amatecha 3y ago
  Yeah I guess that could be better. I literally just read every comment by that user (not realizing it was the same person), thinking "oh dang this is rough" and then at the end seeing the "EDIT lol nm" and realizing I just totally got misled, AGAIN. Super uncool. If your text is proven false, I don't want to read it or even glance at it (or even have to scroll past it, or have my network/browser load it, for that matter).
  - mst 3y ago
    I agree with putting it at the top, but leaving the mistake there but marked as being a mistake is useful in case somebody else accidentally makes the same mistake later.
  - dcow 3y ago
    You can only edit for a few hours.
    - amatecha 3y ago
      Yeah, guess it was already too late then. :\
Incipient 3y ago
It's an interesting point. I think it's educational to have people obviously adjusting their position when corrected. It's almost a rarity these days, and I think someone accepting they were wrong is refreshing! Granted, the TLDR at the top would have helped haha, especially if it was a long post.