I see in comments sections of subs that people who make edits to their comments will explain their edits. What happens if you don’t explain your edit? Will others know that I’ve made an edit without explaining it? And why would they care?

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I see in comments sections of subs that people who make edits to their comments will explain their edits. What happens if you don’t explain your edit? Will others know that I’ve made an edit without explaining it? And why would they care?

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The purpose of the edit notification is so people know that a change has been made. If you explain why you edited it, it is trustworthy, because they have some idea what the comment was before. If not, you could have changed literally anything and no one would know what it used to be unless they took screenshots.