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A comment on Ask HN: Why people on HN disclaim “EDIT: ” even for the smallest edits?.

Re:Ask HN: Why people on HN disclaim “EDIT: ” even for the s... by uberman on Wednesday March 23, 2022 @09:30AM (#30778250)
IMHO, No.

The only time I would do a disclaimer like that is if an edit made a substantive change to the meaning of the post. For example, if I included a quote from a source that was subsequently shown to be out of context.

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Re:Ask HN: Why people on HN disclaim “EDIT: ” even for the s... by tamaharbor on Wednesday March 23, 2022 @09:40AM (#30778330)
Or if there are responses which would no longer make sense.
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Re:Ask HN: Why people on HN disclaim “EDIT: ” even for the s... by mannykannot on Wednesday March 23, 2022 @10:31AM (#30778811)
In that situation, the better policy, usually, is to make one's change or clarification as a reply to said response.
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Re:Ask HN: Why people on HN disclaim “EDIT: ” even for the s... by toast0 on Wednesday March 23, 2022 @10:53AM (#30779063)
It depends on the response. If it's an agreed error, it makes sense to fix it in the post, acknowledge the edit, and the reply may be deleted, condensing the thread.
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