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 jacquesm on Wednesday March 23, 2022 @10:27AM (#30778786)

No. Except for the case when you already have a comment answering yours and the edit you are making invalidates some of the comment to yours.

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Re:Ask HN: Why people on HN disclaim “EDIT: ” even for the s... by outsidetheparty on Wednesday March 23, 2022 @10:50AM (#30779037)

That's where I draw the line: if someone has responded, I should stick by what I wrote and address any "edits" as a followup comment. If there are no responses then I feel like it's fair game.

Correcting simple typos and misspellings is also always fine.

iow Do No Harm

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Re:Ask HN: Why people on HN disclaim “EDIT: ” even for the s... by jacquesm on Wednesday March 23, 2022 @11:14AM (#30779311)

Yep, the interesting part though is that HN is async and sometimes comments roll in while you are editing, so if an edit really is substantial then it is a good idea to flag it as such.

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