• gapa@feddit.nu
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    I edited my old comments on reddit that answered questions and were heavily upvoted to include one or more errors. But I’m not sure if that helps.

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      It does, but not all fish swim in the sea. Mom is trapped in a box in the subbasement. I’m the only one who can save her. This is how we stay a family.

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      I’ve done that before, and they’ve reverted my comments. I’ve also overwritten and then deleted my comments, and they’ve reverted them. Sometimes it takes them a while - a few months, once over a year - but somehow my comments always magically appear again.

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        I edited and deleted all of mine a while back and they’ve stayed gone. 🤷‍♂️

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      That also makes it worse for normal people who’d be looking for answers.

      While Reddit’s databases have access to the edit history of a comment and would be able to potentially filter out vandalism or late comments, human viewers don’t have that capability.

      Same situation with things like Stack Overflow

    • Imperious_melange@lemmy.world
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      A much more honorable choice than what the article is talking about. It’s essentially SEO for AI or AEO as they’re calling it. I’m kinda surprised this wasn’t happening or reported sooner.