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   Rich Felker (dalias@hachyderm.io)'s status on Thursday, 03-Apr-2025 23:55:29 JST Rich Felker

   UX I'd love to see on platforms with "edit post/message" functionality:

   As a toggle, with default chosen by whether you've already seen the pre-edit message, showing a diff-like view with color coding and strikeout so it's clear what actually changed.

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     Rich Felker (dalias@hachyderm.io)'s status on Thursday, 03-Apr-2025 23:56:25 JST Rich Felker

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     Potentially unpopular hot take: showing edits to someone who already saw the original form as replacing the original text, without clear indications of *what changed*, is an attack on cognitive coherency.

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     koorogi (koorogi@hachyderm.io)'s status on Friday, 04-Apr-2025 02:17:04 JST koorogi

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     @dalias I don't use the Mastodon web interface, so no idea what it does, but Tusky can show this. I don't believe there's any case where it's the default, though – you have to tap on the 'edited at ..." text to see the details.

     Though it sounds like this comment was meant more broadly than just Mastodon. And yeah, I agree.

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     Rich Felker (dalias@hachyderm.io)'s status on Friday, 04-Apr-2025 02:27:49 JST Rich Felker

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     • koorogi

     @koorogi Yeah not particularly critical of Mastodon, just the standard UI/UX expectations everything conforms to in this domain.

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     Rich Felker (dalias@hachyderm.io)'s status on Friday, 04-Apr-2025 12:44:14 JST Rich Felker

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     • Demi Marie Obenour

     @alwayscurious That's why I suggested it as a default only for audience who already saw the original.

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     Demi Marie Obenour (alwayscurious@infosec.exchange)'s status on Friday, 04-Apr-2025 12:44:15 JST Demi Marie Obenour

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     @dalias I think such functionality should be available in most cases, unless redaction is required for some reason.

     Whether it should be the default view I am less certain about. People do make embarrassing typos.