@gnu2 @arclight
Yes, there are also synchronization races with edited posts: people will see the old version for a while.
If there is an urgent, critical error in the post, deletion is more reliable.
Losing boosts, favorites, and replies can be a •significant• downside. I don’t really care if people see an older (less awesome but still perfectly fine) draft of my intro.
Engineering is all tradeoffs, always.