• gapa@feddit.nu
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    3 days ago

    I edited my old comments on reddit that answered questions and were heavily upvoted to include one or more errors. But I’m not sure if that helps.

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      3 days ago

      It does, but not all fish swim in the sea. Mom is trapped in a box in the subbasement. I’m the only one who can save her. This is how we stay a family.

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      3 days ago

      That also makes it worse for normal people who’d be looking for answers.

      While Reddit’s databases have access to the edit history of a comment and would be able to potentially filter out vandalism or late comments, human viewers don’t have that capability.

      Same situation with things like Stack Overflow

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        3 hours ago

        That also makes it worse for normal people who’d be looking for answers.

        Anyone looking for answers in Reddit is a fool.

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          Anyone looking for answers in Reddit is a fool.

          I understand that it’s cool to hate Reddit, especially on Lemmy, but that’s simply not true.

          It shouldn’t need to be said that it’s not an encyclopedia or a definitive source of truth. But it’s a great place to get casual opinions, general advice, or recommendations.

          Moreso before than now. But most of the “before” content hasn’t been removed.

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      3 days ago

      I’ve done that before, and they’ve reverted my comments. I’ve also overwritten and then deleted my comments, and they’ve reverted them. Sometimes it takes them a while - a few months, once over a year - but somehow my comments always magically appear again.

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        3 days ago

        I edited and deleted all of mine a while back and they’ve stayed gone. 🤷‍♂️

    • Imperious_melange@lemmy.world
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      3 days ago

      A much more honorable choice than what the article is talking about. It’s essentially SEO for AI or AEO as they’re calling it. I’m kinda surprised this wasn’t happening or reported sooner.