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| Posted: 11:31pm 19 Feb 2022 |
Yes, it IS valid.
People just quote the edit that they made, and that is the whole point.
You seem to have missed that point. Once someone can go back and edit a post after it has been replied to, it does not matter if the replies from other members quote the ORIGINAL post, the OP then just accuses the other members of lying about what they said - afterall, the EDITED post now shows the correction and NOT the original content, so the original poster can point out that they never said that, quoting their own correction. Do you see what I am getting at?
Example:
Someone posts "The sky is orange"
Someone else corrects that(with or without quoting the OP - it does not matter): "No, the sky is actually blue."
OP edits the post they made before to say "The sky is blue."
OP then quotes themselves with the corrected edit and accuses the other member: "You're full of crap. I never said that, I said the sky was Blue. Look - here is my post."
Someone else: "Yes you DID say the sky was Orange, I saw the original post before you edited it"
OP: "No you didn't, and I never said that - you're a liar!"
Other members: "No he isn't."
OP: "Yes, he is - and so are all of you!"
See how this spins out of control WAY too easily, and too many people correct their error like that on other forums, and then claim they never said it wrong in the first place, and blame everyone else and start calling names. It happens on pretty much ANY other forum, where posts are allowed to be edited AFTER someone else replies to the OP.