Editable Comments

by
in pipedot on (#2SZP)
Eagle eyed viewers may have noticed a new "Edit" button next to their comments. Yes, you can now fix a broken link, correct a typo, or add additional information to your comments.

Things to note:
  • Any positive moderation points will be removed. Negative moderation points will remain to prevent trolls from reseting the comment's score by simply editing their comment.
  • The "Edit Time" of the comment will change. This will allow visitors to see it as a new comment (and turn it blue.)
  • The full history of the modifications can be seen by clicking on the comment link. The diff is colored with green (additions) and red (deletions) backgrounds to help highlight the changes.
Example edited comment below.

    A nice feature... (Score: 2, Interesting)

    by evilviper@pipedot.org on 2014-09-28 06:32 (#2SZS)

    I actually like it... I always notice something wrong RIGHT AFTER submitting, even if I was trying to be careful, previewed my comment 20 times, and even if I'm not trying to check it after submitting. Still, I always manage to see something wrong 2 seconds later. So it's quite nice to be able to fix that. But it was a little frustrating learning how it worked the hard way... "Wasn't my comment +3 before? What happened? Did somebody do something? Why did it say 2 New comments when I already read everything here?" etc.

    On the down-side, I can see people trying to be clever and continuing to update their original comment in response to every reply, instead of replying in-kind. Or even messing up discussions by completely changing their comments, making the thread below theirs completely change in meaning, and possibly becoming impossible to understand.

    Example thread:

    |- I hate black people. (-1 Troll)
    |-- You're a racist! (+5 Insightful)
    |-- Why would you say that? (+5 Informative)

    Edited thread becomes:

    |- I believe in equal rights. (-1 Troll)
    |-- You're a racist! (+5 Insightful)
    |-- Why would you say that? (+5 Informative)

    I guess liberal use of blockquotes will help with that, but it might become a problem.
    Post Comment
    Subject
    Comment
    Captcha
    The number of body parts in the list dress, chin, stomach, leg and foot is?