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This seems like the best of both worlds and should definitely, DEFINITELY become a feature

This seems like the best of both worlds and should definitely, DEFINITELY become a feature | Comment editing keeps getting suggested, but people complain about it like "You could just change what you said in the middle of an argument" and stuff like that; But I have solution in mind that I pulled from (of all places) DeviantArt; The idea is a comment editing time limit. On DeviantArt, you have until about 5 or 10 minutes after posting a comment to be able to edit it if you need to. After that you can't edit it. I figure it would be enough time to notice a spelling error, but not enough time to change what you said in the middle of a debate | image tagged in mr wolf is not amused,still the best,comments,edit,comment,deviantart | made w/ Imgflip meme maker
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18 Comments
Wigglytuff_fan
6 ups, 1y
Damn... Rare DeviantArt W
Liamsworlds
4 ups, 1y
Me: -Makes a spelling mistake while in an argument.-
Also me: -Deletes comment to fix it.-
Other person: "I saw what you deleted."
FIick7
4 ups, 1y,
1 reply
It also helps out with stopping freaking out from people upvoting their comments -_-
I like the idea :)
Liamsworlds
0 ups, 1y
That would be me
zenithspeed
3 ups, 1y
yeah that's a good idea
my way would be to add a "comment history" thing that shows previous "versions" of the edited comment (i pulled this from FANDOM ofc, which also happens to have the time-limit mentioned in post, but they have it for a day instead of a few minutes, which even then is not enough sometimes)
[deleted]
1 up, 1y
Upvoted 100% agree
Cat-King-2
1 up, 1y
That's actually really smart finally we have a solid solution to the holes people poked into our great idea
JakkFrost
1 up, 1y
Been suggested before, as has a limit to the number of characters that can be edited before requiring mod approval.
.Maria.
0 ups, 1y,
1 reply
i'd say add a "comment history" so that when a comment gets edited, anyone can see the history by clicking a clock button on the side of it
[deleted]
0 ups, 1y
That seems like a good safety check
TaylorMinecraftGaming
0 ups, 1y
Good idea, but what if it's something that would require multiple edits? (Like a list that's always changing)
[deleted]
0 ups, 1y
I'm not a zoophile but ZAMN
spork.
0 ups, 1y
it could be like twitter where you get an hour to edit it
Neral
1 up, 1y
Ender_Dragon_Official
0 ups, 1y,
1 reply
[deleted]
0 ups, 1y,
1 reply
Ok and? People can just delete it and correct their mistakes.
Ender_Dragon_Official
0 ups, 1y
And give the other person an additional notification? That could get a little spammy.
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    Comment editing keeps getting suggested, but people complain about it like "You could just change what you said in the middle of an argument" and stuff like that; But I have solution in mind that I pulled from (of all places) DeviantArt; The idea is a comment editing time limit. On DeviantArt, you have until about 5 or 10 minutes after posting a comment to be able to edit it if you need to. After that you can't edit it. I figure it would be enough time to notice a spelling error, but not enough time to change what you said in the middle of a debate