Tumblr's interface and commenting structure makes no sense.
You can:
comment on a post.
reblog it and add something to it. This creates a new copy of the post on your blog ... so if the original author makes edits they do not show up.
add hash tags, which users use for comments too for some reason
like a post (this does nothing)
It really is a nonsensical mess, but people have adapted to it and love it.
There is a lesson here. Online communities are made of people. People will adapt.
@futurebird In some ways I can understand in this particular example since the original author might even in good faith edit something the person who shared does not agree with.. Ideal functionality for me would be a notification of a change which permits the reblogger to consent or change their mind.
(I accept and agree with your main point.)
When I found out people could edit comments on here I thought it'd be a big problem. I thought so many bad things would happen.
In practice? Nothing bad happens. People correct spelling errors, people clarify incorrect information. It's good.
I assumed that there would be many cases where people would point to the edit history to expose bad actions. This also seems to never happen.
@futurebird @krozruch I think it's cause the trolls end up flocking to toxic instances that allow for more harmful behavior / content and get largely fediblocked without others having to see it.
