Allow editing posts
2021 August 02 00:40 winksaville 68¤ 510¤
My previous topic had a typo, authors need to be able to edit posts.
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2021 August 02 03:05 poulter7 250¤ 681¤
This is interesting. How do you conceive that working @stuartscott or @wink?
Replies feel like a paid endorsement of an idea, certainly for a blockchain perspective, allowing edits post hoc, might make a child reply feel completely out of context.
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2021 August 02 15:14 stuartscott 352¤ 316¤
Good point @poulter7 - would not want someone posting "X is good", getting bunch of responses in agreement, then editing it to "X is bad", a sort of bait&switch.
It would be difficult to automatically determine whether an edit was a small change (typo, grammar, flow, readability), or a larger change affecting the sentiment/positioning of the post.
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2021 August 02 16:22 mattknox 223¤ 410¤
If instead of changing a post, you stored a new version and all replies are to a version, you could then show the new version, with UI to get at versions, and allow reply-ers to decide which versions their reply applied to.
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2021 August 02 16:58 stuartscott 820¤
I agree that an edit wouldn't actually change the content, but instead create a new version, and that replies should be attached to a particular version.
Raises a couple of questions tho;
1. How is the cost determined for edits? Are versions also charged per byte for the entirety, or just for the delta from the previous versions?
2. How is the yield determined for edits? If multiple responses are targeted to an older version, would the not get factored into the ordering of replies and acceptance into the digest?
3. Assuming only the latest version is shown until the reader selects a different version, would replies to previous versions be hidden?
4. Would repliers get a notification "bob changed his message, would you like to retarget your reply" for every edit, otherwise their reply is hidden?
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2021 August 02 05:35 winksaville 111¤ 63¤
I would allow the history to be viewed and also an indicator so that anyone could identify edited posts easily.
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2021 August 02 15:20 stuartscott 522¤
One approach would be to not have an explicit edit option, but instead a delete and repost option. Upon deletion all replies would also get deleted and associated coins refunded.
This would avoid the possibility of a bait&switch-style edit.
In @wink's typo example it is likely the error is noticed soon after posting, before anyone has responded and so would not have a big impact. If someone does respond with "dude you misspelled 'cat'" that would get deleted and refunded when the original author fixed the typo.
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2021 August 02 00:52 stuartscott 89¤
Agreed.
I've opened https://github.com/AletheiaWareLLC/conveyearthgo/issues/3 to track
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