On Fri, Apr 21, 2023 at 11:07:16AM -0500, Chris Adams wrote: > Once upon a time, Matthew Miller <mat...@fedoraproject.org> said: > > * also, to fix typos :) > > So, I will say this is kind of a peeve of mine about server-based > discussion systems (whether web or client like Slack/Discord): allowing > people to edit messages, especially after people have replied to them, > is a bad idea. Person 1 says "we should do XYZ", somebody replies "no > XYZ is bad", and person 1 can go change their original message to say > something completely different.
Do you mean maliciously? In that case, it's a matter of asking people to not do that. Or do you mean that it makes the history of the conversation confusing? The history _is_ there — edited posts are marked as such and you can see the changes. I think in many cases it's fine for edited posts to reflect an updated understanding. If I post something and later realize I was confused, and so fix it, in a year no one will care about the initial mistake and it's more useful to have a "clean" post. (And any replies telling me I was wrong can be deleted, having served their purpose.) Of course, that kind of "timeline edit" isn't appropriate for something that's a big decision or where the hashing-it-out _matters_. But it's very useful for posts like https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/fedora-strategy-2028-a-topic-index-for-our-planning-process/46733 -- Matthew Miller <mat...@fedoraproject.org> Fedora Project Leader _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
