He said “responding to unmarked edit” as though there was something wrong with failing to mark a simple addition made 10 seconds after the original post. I was confused, since it was not my experience that anyone considered this a problem anywhere.
Oh. I edit mine when I make a mistake that makes them mean something else. Or when someone prompts me to.
But if you’re adding information then it’s useful to you to mark that you added something. That way the people that already pounced on your post notice there’s something new there while they’re pounding Refresh to see if you’ve responded to them.
He said “responding to unmarked edit” as though there was something wrong with failing to mark a simple addition made 10 seconds after the original post. I was confused, since it was not my experience that anyone considered this a problem anywhere.
Oh. I edit mine when I make a mistake that makes them mean something else. Or when someone prompts me to.
But if you’re adding information then it’s useful to you to mark that you added something. That way the people that already pounced on your post notice there’s something new there while they’re pounding Refresh to see if you’ve responded to them.