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Re:Reddit Is Raising Funds at a Valuation of $1.7B by johnfn on Friday June 16, 2017 @10:15PM (#14573930)
Ages ago an admin said "yeah it would make sense for post titles to be edited within the first x minutes of making one", an incredibly low-hanging fruit that has been requested since forever.

It still hasn't been added.

Re:Reddit Is Raising Funds at a Valuation of $1.7B by rickhanlonii on Saturday June 17, 2017 @12:27AM (#14574258)
I can think of a few problems with this just off the top of my head:

The first x minutes of a post are _heavily_ influential in the success of the post, editing after allows you to hijack successful titles for gain (spam)

For large subs, posts only hit the top of /new for x minutes (for small x), editing after is basically useless if it's not successful in that time

Mods patrol the /new queue as posts come in, allowing editing will complicate moderation which is already a difficult job

Re:Reddit Is Raising Funds at a Valuation of $1.7B by squeaky-clean on Saturday June 17, 2017 @03:37AM (#14574755)
At least allow mods to change titles. Even that isn't possible.
Re:Reddit Is Raising Funds at a Valuation of $1.7B by johnfn on Saturday June 17, 2017 @01:41AM (#14574466)
I mean whatever your concerns are, the admins/developers of Reddit are okay with this change.
Re:Reddit Is Raising Funds at a Valuation of $1.7B by orf on Saturday June 17, 2017 @10:48AM (#14576121)
where ok, or at least one was in a comment posted 'ages ago'. That's very different.
Re:Reddit Is Raising Funds at a Valuation of $1.7B by shalmanese on Saturday June 17, 2017 @04:42AM (#14574933)
The reddit button for submitting a post still says "save". I brought it up to a reddit designer last year and apparently there's some mountain of technical debt that would make changing the label a week long task so its languished at the bottom of the priority queue for many years now.