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Yes! I stopped caring about the edited mark. Why should everything be perfect at the first post? I edit for grammar all the time, fix my phrasing, edit for better flow, add things I forgot to mention, etc.
I'd rather edit to fix my own mistakes than stand firm on making a mistake and thinking it was important to keep the mistake or something.
The typos/mistakes absolutely detract from any points you're trying to make.
One thing I wish Lemmy had is ninja edits, where editing a comment within maybe 30 seconds will not show the edited mark.
Yeah I'm on Tildes and it does this! You get a 5 minute or so grace period. Nice quality of life feature.
Yeah I find most of my mistakes, I notice within the first few minutes!
Yes.
Edit: grammar
Pwobably
Yes. What’s wrong with the edited flag?
If I see it I don't know if they edited their comment to be the complete opposite of their original comment or just a grammar edit. I normally just assume its grammar edit.
Yes. I look stupid enough as it is, I don't want to seem illiterate as well.
Only if the typo doesn't make it funnier.
Almost always, yes. Hell, I go back and edit stuff just to make it clearer or flow better, even if there are no typos or grammar issues.
I'm so OCD that I once edited a comment from months before. Someone replied and I noticed I had typed its instead of it's and I just could not let that stay.
One time, a particularly miserable individual on here told me that I shouldn't make typos, if I'm going to post a controversial comment.
Nevermind that my comment was supposed to be friendly banter, but obviously, they didn't actually care about that. They just needed to put someone down, so they could feel better about themselves.
But yeah, that really made me want to leave spelling mistakes in every comment I post. Unfortunately, I'm actually extremely anal about spelling, myself...
Yes, often with a reason, but almost never if it changes the context of my original post. If that happens, I'll simply append my original post.
But I mostly edit to correct mistyped words (autocorrect) or grammar.
Yes. Sometimes I even update my thinking. Never try to leave a commenter hanging out to dry, though, so if I am quoted, or if anything I say is in response to a comment, or I make changes that I think might be relevant to a comment, I always actively call them out as edits.
As for grammar and spelling, Mrs. Mayo from Honors Freshman English would not be pleased if I didn't have subject-verb agreement, though I have decided I will not be afraid to boldly split infinitives or leave prepositions at the ends of sentences for anyone I'm talking to. This isn't Latin.
YES
Oh, absolutly! I wood never leaf a mistake unattend. It's like leaving your zipper down – you've gotta zip it up before too many peephol notice! So, I'd scurry over to the edit botton faster than a squirel with a nuts.
I always do that, but only if I have the option to edit it. If I don't, then maybe I delete my comment and start over, or maybe I don't.
I actually do that all the time, sending a message on discord, seeing a mistake, deleting and making a new message
Every time.
It’s not a trial transcript, it’s a public discussion. Most people reading it care more about the subject matter than about the commenters, and I try to write and edit comments with that in mind. I’ll edit for spelling, clarity, further information, etc.—anything that might be helpful for anyone reading. The only edits I generally refrain from are ones that affect the context of replies others have already made.
Some folks here sure do treat it like a trial transcript. They'd rather prove you're wrong than teach you what's right. Really wish that culture would've stayed on Reddit. It's so incredibly worthless.
Depends if it gets my point acrossed if it doesn't I edit it. If it does I don't fuckin care. Point of language is to get meaning across not being absolutely perfect with grammar and punctuation.
No.
Lion!
I mean learn
I mean last
I mean liar!
Usually only if it changes the comment in a way that makes it less understandable. If it's a simple grammar mistake, but doesn't change the message, I just leave it.
For a moment I thought you were saying "I'll edit my comment to make it less understandable" lol
Yes. I'll edit on the sly.
I've got thick fingertips and so use swype extensively, which sometimes leads to mistakes which are still words so don't look wrong at a glance. One feature I liked at The Other Place was that it didn't mark a comment as edited if you edited it within a minute, so I got used to giving everything an extra pass right after submitting to fix any errors.
I don't have that here, and am trying to train myself to go back over everything again before submitting, but repeat offenders like "of/if", "your/you're" and "to/too", among other less frequent errors, slip through. Sometimes I leave it, usually I'll fix it. I didn't mind the "edited" mark too much, especially if the associated time is before anyone replies.
I do unless it's been more than an hour.
The only exception is if it is in some kind of discussion with someone who's sounding a little hostile.
