Feature Request : Perpetual Edit

[Radentor]

 Issue : 1049
 Title : Perpetual Edit
 Author : Radentor
 Status : Proposed
 Type : Feature
 Created : 2024-04-09

Abstract

This issue describes the proposal of granting author with ability to perpetually edit his/her SN post.

Motivation

Certain type of SN post (such as directory & statistic report) requires constant update to avoid possible misinformation. Even regular post could slightly benefited from this feature in case the author forget to include certain detail after 10 minute time window has passed.

Consideration

• Alternatives :
  a. Reposting with update
  b. Delete older post & reposting with update
  c. Invent new type of post with perpetual update

• Cost :
  a. 100% original cost (infinitely free editable post)
  b. 100% original cost with cooldown (cost-limited editable post)
  c. Increased (150% or 200% of original cost per edit, with cooldown)

• Moderation :
  a. Total control to author
  b. Moderated by territory founder

• Timestamping (if edit history is implemented) :
  a. Regular SN numbering
  b. Timestamped with Bitcoin block

• Transparency :
  a. Edit history toggle-able by author
  b. Edit history always visible to reader
  c. No edit history at all

Pros & Cons

• Pros :

1. Easier navigation (bookmarking once is enough)
2. Better UX (it's awkward to publish new post just to add "small update")
3. Decluttering (single maintained post > multiple post on every update)

• Cons :

1. Degradation of post quality (why would i thoroughly craft my post if i can edit it later on?)

Earlier Mentions

• Books And Articles Newsletter, Issue 10
• Perpetual Edits?
• Feature idea: turn off exponential pricing to encourage long-form writing
• Feature idea: perpetually-editable SN posts

[huumn]

I discuss design goal here and I think we want to use the history table pattern.

[Radentor]

I discuss design goal here and I think we want to use the history table pattern.

Looking forward to it

[ekzyis]

Additionally to what @huumn mentioned: I think edits within 10 minutes should be merged into a single history entry. This way, we would keep the existing familiar UX of edits with the 10m edit timer without history and it would limit spamming the history with noisy entries if you want to "edit your edit".

This means we would have a 10 minute timer after each edit, too.

edit: but mhh, if the edit window resets after each edit, it might be possible to perpetually edit an item without ever creating any history entry 🤔