One quirk of Lemmy is that edits and deletions may not propagate properly to every server, meaning you're never guaranteed anything past the initial posting.

So how do you handle when you say something you'd like to amend, correct, or delete?

Do you:

  • Edit your corrections directly into the original?
  • Delete it?
  • Add an Edit:?
  • Put the original comment behind a spoiler tag or strike through?

Or something else?

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[–] 1 point 1 day ago (2 children)

I try to look before submitting, ninja edit if fast enough if I catch it, but if not, or if I need to correct myself because of later replies showing I'm an idiot, I'll do an EDIT: at the bottom, and depending on context, also reply to the person that I changed it due to the discussion. That's the part that annoys me and not much can be done about it - all the people who read your mistake but never replies or came back to see the edit. The last thing we need is some push notification that "UserX has edited their message that you read three days ago". Let it be.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 1 day ago (1 child)

    Might be nice to be notified of edits you've replied to.

    Sometimes I'm editing my comment and come back to it being replied and now I have to wonder if I need to write them again with the edit.

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