Re: It’s time to transform the Fedora devel list into something new

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Once upon a time, Matthew Miller <mattdm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> said:
> On Fri, Apr 21, 2023 at 11:07:16AM -0500, Chris Adams wrote:
> > Once upon a time, Matthew Miller <mattdm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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.

I've seen it used that way, so that was my concern.

> 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.

But that definitely mitigates that concern.  Most sites I've seen only
show you the edited version, with no history available (at least to
regular users).

-- 
Chris Adams <linux@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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