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Is there any indication for edited comments? (kbin.social)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Chozo@kbin.social to c/kbinMeta@kbin.social

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I was looking at a comment I left earlier today (several hours earlier) and realized I made a typo, and went to edit it. I'm used to Reddit putting a little asterisk next to the comment's timestamp to indicate that it was edited, but I'm not seeing anything like this on Kbin. Is this something that's tracked somewhere for users to see, or possibly something that we might see get added in as a feature in the future?

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[–] Otome-chan@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Afaik kbin doesn't have any indication of such. The etiquette is to put a note when you edit your comment.

Reddit doesn't always put the edit/asterisk mark when someone edits. Rather, it gives a small time period (maybe 5 minutes) to "shadow" edit your comment, without any notification being made. This is to allow quick corrections/typos and the like, without getting marked as an edited comment. then later edits are marked by the system (even if you don't mention the edit).

Reddit's system, combined with a system I see often (on twitter and reddit) where you can see previous versions of the comment, I think are ideal. That way you can see that it's edited, what the previous version was, etc. but also still grant that typos happen without permanently marking something as edited.

Since kbin uses activitypub, I'm actually not sure how the edit feature works here on the fediverse. I know it's possible to edit, but how does syncing with that work?

[–] tal@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

maybe 5 minutes

IIRC 3 minutes

[–] PositiveNoise@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Useful information. I didn't realize reddit's version can show you the previous versions of a comment. That's great if you wonder if someone changed a comment in some fundamental way.

I tend to ninja edit comments all the time, but just to make things clearer and improve my writing. With a system that could show anyone the changes I made, I feel like I've covered all bases in terms of 'editing ethics'. And maybe someone will offer me money to become an editor someday!

[–] Otome-chan@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

On reddit you can't see the previous version of the comment, only that it's been edited. I had a typo/slip in my previous comment haha. I meant youtube. youtube+twitter allow you to see previous versions. Reddit only puts a note if it's edited after a few minutes of being posted (but not immediate edits)

[–] PositiveNoise@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Ah, ok. Still, I agree that a system that shows previous version would be nice for kbin