@MichaelPorter

Just click the three-dot thingy at the bottom of the toot.

@Pat yeah, I’m aware of that, but I’ve learned that there is a difference. D&R wipes out the post, and breaks links to replies, etc. “Edit” keeps all that intact, and shows a history. I would like the option to use either, depending on circumstances. Perhaps I should loop @freemo into the discussion.

@MichaelPorter

The problem with allowing people to change their toots while keeping subsequent responses linked to them, is that those subsequent responses then would be based on a statement that may have changed. E.g....

Alice toots, "I like Madonna. How about you?"

Then Bob responds, "Yeah, me too."

Then Alice edits her toot to say, "I hate Madonna. How about you?"

Then Alice is able to change what Bob is saying. Yes, you could have some elaborate revision system, but most people browsing the timeline are not going to dig into the revision history and they'll just think that Bob hates Madonna or whatever.

Also, a complex revision system makes it harder to use and understand.

The best way to do it is to edit your toots quick enough before there are any subsequent responses. If someone has already responded you can clarify what you've said in another toot in the thread, or you can delete/edit, which orphans subsequent toots (and then you should apologize to those folks for orphaning their toots).

@MichaelPorter

I hope that makes sense...

@Pat Totally, and that was the rationale for not having an edit button on Twitter. But I think you could do it and still be transparent - There will be bad actors, maybe, but I think the majority of people would appreciate the ability to fix typos, update lists, etc.

I know that some instances have the ability to edit, and I've heard nothing but appreciation for the functionality.

@digital_carver Ah, okay. I noticed that we were on an older version. @freemo is this because the software needs tweaking to accommodate the longer character limits, etc.? Or are you anti-bleeding-edge? 😄
(One of my teaching colleagues used to work in industry and he had a personal policy of always running software that was a couple of versions old—let other people get bit by the bugs!)

@MichaelPorter

Its not an older version. QOTO is a fork with many unique features, as such our version has no relevance relative to the mastodon version.

@digital_carver

@freemo @digital_carver Ah okay. The listing on instances.social mislead me as it has a column for "version" but doesn't factor in forked versions. Will qoto have an edit function at some point?

@MichaelPorter

Yes in the very near future. Its one of the few things mainline has we done and we are pulling it in.

@digital_carver