I didn’t vote on it (nor do I think I should be voting on any comments in this thread), but I’d guess it has to do with the following: How do you tell edits for clarity from edits that change the meaning? You could imagine this getting heated on high stakes threads.
It says who has edited it and how. I think you’d be careful when using it and if someone abused it it would be clear to everyone that they had done so.
I also didn’t vote on it but I do kind of hate this idea. I definitely don’t want anyone else editing my comments “for clarity”; if they want to clarify something, they can leave a reply comment and ask if that’s actually what I meant.
High karma individuals can edit others comments for clarity.
I edited this for clarity.
No pressure, but I’d be really interested to know why everone hates this idea. Maybe I’ve phrased it badly.
I didn’t vote on it (nor do I think I should be voting on any comments in this thread), but I’d guess it has to do with the following: How do you tell edits for clarity from edits that change the meaning? You could imagine this getting heated on high stakes threads.
It says who has edited it and how. I think you’d be careful when using it and if someone abused it it would be clear to everyone that they had done so.
I also didn’t vote on it but I do kind of hate this idea. I definitely don’t want anyone else editing my comments “for clarity”; if they want to clarify something, they can leave a reply comment and ask if that’s actually what I meant.
I still think you are all wrong about this.