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He convinced me without his antics the first time the debate was brought up, but I absolutely loved the way he showcases it 😂 I like edits too, I am also fine with annotations, I also like min number of edits, but I am convinced that we should not scream this feature into existence. It needs to be very well thought out. Maybe a client will come up which will show us the right way to do this.

Relays can decide

require PoW for edits. each edit needs a PoW larger than the previous one. Only the largest PoW will be kept. This will naturally limit edit numbers and reduce spam.

No edits, please :)

NO EDITS, NO DELETES

there is nothing to think about - we need edit history like wikipedia - you can edit as many times as you want - but every version is saved permanently. i don't care what @fiatjaf thinks about this. he disqualified himself from the position of being the supreme leader of NOSTR when he called for censorship. there was ever only one person who understood what NOSTR is about and that is me.

Spelling mistakes and typo’s will decline in the long run with no editing.

Maybe just first and last.

I don't think they are more of an attack vector than regular notes, just unfollow npubs abusing them. One could also publish annoying gibberish as regular note, where is the difference? Edits are often useful, you just really can rely on everyone seeing your root post also seeing the edits which makes them a bit confusing for users new to the Nostr concept.

3 lifetime edits, on the 4th your private key is revealed

What about time limited edits? You have a short window (5 mins or something) to correct annoying typos and then the ship has sailed. Probably a development nightmare.

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I'd ABSOLUTELY say no edits. I think it's part of the ethos of Nostr--and a reminder that Nostr is different--it's about privacy, and freedom of speech. No edits are a part of that-- Just like in real life--once you say something, you don't get to pull it back. Yes, you can apologize but your words are forever. So it is with Nostr. Think before you speak--both IRL and on Nostr.

1 edit seems enough to me.

Edit: I’ve changed my opinion. There should be a hard fork. Nostr or Nostr Cash.

#NoEditGang

Edits should just be comments that get prioritized to the top of the feed.

I say, Yes to editing on the client layer, because typo. But, I say NO to edits on the protocol layer. There is a greater value to the protocol for the permanance of the notes than to a flexible note for the one user. Here's my thought process and where I arrived: I want to know that the post I'm looking at is the post that was placed, and the comments are about this version of it, and the repost are about this version of it. That's important to me as a community observer. As a contributor, I want to fix my typos. So, on those times that I look back and see a typo, it's usually right after I post it and before anyone has engaged with it. I just pop over to Nos.social, open the post. Copy the content. Delete the post. Go back to Primal, make sure it deleted, make the post anew with the typo fixed, and resubmit it for all to see without the typo. That workflow could be provided by Primal. Primal could let me "edit" whereby my original post would be deleted and the new version would be submitted as a new post. After my edit is ready, Primal tells me it's about to request relay deletion of the original post and submit this new version of my post, to which I confirm. That ability could expire after 5 minutes or some short term useful time limit, at the client level. But, I as the user am not inclined to do that anyway after someone has engaged with it. I'm more likely to just post a comment with the whole "I mean *typo." if it's even worth it. This is the case because the note's consistency after engagement is more valuable to the community than my ability to fix the typo is to me. This suggested functionality on Primal or any client is my ideal workflow on the protocol, while preserving the important features yet accommodating the necessary one for user experience.

I hate reading a note, to which I wrote a word wrong or for some reason, I “ate” a letter. So, editing would be valuable - and I wish it was possible to see this tool acting on @primal; my favorite client. I don’t know the size of the impact that this would cause, but for sure, a test in practice could be done; and if it is found that it is bad, excluded later.

Being able to edit the ledger of what has been said is never a good idea.

All I know is I won't be implementing edits in any of my clients ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

An edit mechanism that creates a new note that supersedes the original, while leaving that original intact, would be ideal. We all speak thumb.

@Derek Ross Thinking without edits sharpens clarity and intention. The discipline shapes better ideas upfront.

Edits could be fine... If you can also go and see the original note. That permanence will add a lot of historic value years down the road even for something as silly as a typo. The hardness of our words is important to me. We are etching our notes into digital stone.

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