In my opinion it’s not useless at all. Lemmy marks the comments as edited, but that’s just to show the fact that it was edited. But if you add the reason why you edited, that makes it a whole lot more transparent.
Sometimes it could happen that I see a great comment full of great ideas from a great user, and it could be lengthy as well. Then later I go back to see the reactions, and I see the comment was edited. If I don’t know what was edited on it, then I have to read the whole comment again. But if it’s clearly stated that only typos were fixed, then I don’t bother with re-reading the comment.
Lemmy needs to get rid of edit if you edit within 1 min. Often you’ll see a typo after you post and you have to edit. There should be a grace period like reddit.
Yes, I do that all the time. No better time to proofread than after you post!
I don’t get why there isn’t a “view edit” feature. Lay it all out.
Even with view edit for some reason I’ll always catch the fucker AFTER I post!
I’d rather have it be known why I’ve edited my message, rather than leave people to question if I’d edited the body or meaning of my message. In my case it’s an accredited science lab thing, but I imagine lots of corporate and legal professionals do the same.
Sometimes I don’t want to say "edit: my fat thumbs typed ‘thumps’ instead of ‘thumbs’ " but I don’t want anyone to assume foul play when they see my comment has been edited.
But that still requires people trusting you not to be dishonest when you provide the reason for your edit.
Edit: because my social anxiety leaks into text and I have a desperate need to over share and over explain so people don’t mistake my thought or meaning.
When you get to level 7 you unlock the ability to delete your comment and repost it without spelling errors or a mark of editing.
I wish there was a time allowance for editing comments without showing that the comment was edited. Something like 30 seconds would be enough to correct a misspelled or missing word. Most of my comments that are marked as edited are simple typos that I edit within a few seconds of posting them.
There was a 60 second grace period. It was a called a ninja edit
Ah, you mean a ninja edit. Yes, this should be allowed.
I just tested and it definitely isn’t.
That’s why you proofread before you post, don’t you?
Lmao no
Why would you say something so true yet so controversial?
Edit: Just to completely change the whole meaning of the post to make people who responded to me look like assholes.
Back in the early days of Reddit if you edited something it was marked as such, but people didn’t know what you edited. So, as a courtesy, you explained your edit.
Lots of platforms now have an ‘edited’ notification so it’s still common to leave the ‘E:’ comment.
Edit: Because I want to ok.
Reason: Lazy
