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minus-squarethreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32arrow-down1·2 days agoHot take: All posts and comments should have a public “edit history”, like wiki articles :)
minus-squareNaibofTabr@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down4·2 days agoDo you want an exponentially growing database? Because this is how you get an exponentially growing database.
minus-squareGladaed@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down1·2 days agoJust save the changes, ffs. We got tools for this.
minus-squareGladaed@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·22 hours agoYes. But it is not an exponential growth if you only save the changes instead of the whole message oveg and over again.
minus-squareNaibofTabr@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·21 hours agoRight, but saving an edit history of every change to every comment is a geometric increase over just saving the edit to the original comment.
minus-squareGladaed@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·20 hours agoIt only increases cost by the amount of data that was changed. That’s usually not a lot.
minus-squarepiccolo@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agogit commit --amend -m “spellcheck”
minus-squarechemical_cutthroat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down3·2 days agoAll votes should be public, too.
minus-squareFundMECFS@anarchist.nexuslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 days agoPiefed has the option to anonymise votes.
minus-squareAmbiguousProps@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 days agoI mean… lemvotes.org is a thing.
minus-squareChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoFederated votes already can be queried by instance admins, and running an instance on forked backend software (or Friendlica) plus providing a frontend like lemvotes.org, can allow them to be seen by anyone.
minus-squareSunshine (she/her)@piefed.caOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoWe need more PTB material. Mastodon notifies you whenever someone edits their post that you stared or boosted.
Hot take: All posts and comments should have a public “edit history”, like wiki articles :)
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Do you want an exponentially growing database? Because this is how you get an exponentially growing database.
Just save the changes, ffs. We got tools for this.
save them… to the database?
Yes. But it is not an exponential growth if you only save the changes instead of the whole message oveg and over again.
Right, but saving an edit history of every change to every comment is a geometric increase over just saving the edit to the original comment.
It only increases cost by the amount of data that was changed. That’s usually not a lot.
git commit --amend -m “spellcheck”
Don’t amend!
All votes should be public, too.
They are.
Piefed has the option to anonymise votes.
ish
I mean… lemvotes.org is a thing.
Federated votes already can be queried by instance admins, and running an instance on forked backend software (or Friendlica) plus providing a frontend like lemvotes.org, can allow them to be seen by anyone.
Least hot take
We need more PTB material. Mastodon notifies you whenever someone edits their post that you stared or boosted.