I know I will, but it also leaves an edited mark on the comments so I’m curious about your thoughts

  • MelonYellow@lemmy.caEnglish
    17·
    9 months ago

    Yes! I stopped caring about the edited mark. Why should everything be perfect at the first post? I edit for grammar all the time, fix my phrasing, edit for better flow, add things I forgot to mention, etc.

    • Snot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      6·
      9 months ago

      I’d rather edit to fix my own mistakes than stand firm on making a mistake and thinking it was important to keep the mistake or something.

      The typos/mistakes absolutely detract from any points you’re trying to make.

    • edric@lemm.eeEnglish
      3·
      9 months ago

      One thing I wish Lemmy had is ninja edits, where editing a comment within maybe 30 seconds will not show the edited mark.

      • MelonYellow@lemmy.caEnglish
        2·
        9 months ago

        Yeah I’m on Tildes and it does this! You get a 5 minute or so grace period. Nice quality of life feature.

    • therealjcdenton@lemmy.zipOPEnglish
      3·
      9 months ago

      If I see it I don’t know if they edited their comment to be the complete opposite of their original comment or just a grammar edit. I normally just assume its grammar edit.

  • Birdie@thelemmy.clubEnglish
    4·
    9 months ago

    I’m so OCD that I once edited a comment from months before. Someone replied and I noticed I had typed its instead of it’s and I just could not let that stay.

  • FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io
    4·
    9 months ago

    Almost always, yes. Hell, I go back and edit stuff just to make it clearer or flow better, even if there are no typos or grammar issues.

  • Ephera@lemmy.mlEnglish
    4·
    9 months ago

    One time, a particularly miserable individual on here told me that I shouldn’t make typos, if I’m going to post a controversial comment.

    Nevermind that my comment was supposed to be friendly banter, but obviously, they didn’t actually care about that. They just needed to put someone down, so they could feel better about themselves.

    But yeah, that really made me want to leave spelling mistakes in every comment I post. Unfortunately, I’m actually extremely anal about spelling, myself…

  • neidu2@feddit.nlMEnglish
    4·
    9 months ago

    Yes. I look stupid enough as it is, I don’t want to seem illiterate as well.

  • Showroom7561@lemmy.caEnglish
    3·
    9 months ago

    Yes, often with a reason, but almost never if it changes the context of my original post. If that happens, I’ll simply append my original post.

    But I mostly edit to correct mistyped words (autocorrect) or grammar.

  • Cloudless ☼@lemmy.cafeEnglish
    3·
    9 months ago

    Oh, absolutly! I wood never leaf a mistake unattend. It’s like leaving your zipper down – you’ve gotta zip it up before too many peephol notice! So, I’d scurry over to the edit botton faster than a squirel with a nuts.

  • Ignacio@kbin.social
    3·
    9 months ago

    I always do that, but only if I have the option to edit it. If I don’t, then maybe I delete my comment and start over, or maybe I don’t.

    • therealjcdenton@lemmy.zipOPEnglish
      2·
      9 months ago

      I actually do that all the time, sending a message on discord, seeing a mistake, deleting and making a new message

  • wjrii@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    9 months ago

    Yes. Sometimes I even update my thinking. Never try to leave a commenter hanging out to dry, though, so if I am quoted, or if anything I say is in response to a comment, or I make changes that I think might be relevant to a comment, I always actively call them out as edits.

    As for grammar and spelling, Mrs. Mayo from Honors Freshman English would not be pleased if I didn’t have subject-verb agreement, though I have decided I will not be afraid to boldly split infinitives or leave prepositions at the ends of sentences for anyone I’m talking to. This isn’t Latin.