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On one hand, I hate the fact that comments can be edited after they're replied to, because the whole context can be changed. On the other hand, I'll often edit
by icey 17y ago
On one hand, I hate the fact that comments can be edited after they're replied to, because the whole context can be changed.
On the other hand, I'll often edit comments rapidfire for about 45 seconds to a minute after I submit to clarify or clean up grammar. It would kill me if the remnants of my sloppy editing were stuck there forever. I suppose I should just use the delay setting.
Either way, I don't know if it's that huge a deal. Miscommunciation happens; there's no reason we can't give people the benefit of the doubt.
- Xichekolas 17y agoI do the same thing with the rapid edits. In your profile, the 'delay' setting prevents your comment from showing to others for N minutes, so you can do this without anyone noticing. Mine is set to 2.
- icey 17y agoI'm glad you mentioned that 'delay' is in minutes. For some reason, I thought it was in seconds and I had set mine to 30 right after I posted.
- Xichekolas 17y agoFWIW, the max effective value is 10. More info here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=231024 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=231024