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?

Question

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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Answer 1

If you edit a comment, there’s an asterisk next to your username. So people can see that the comment was edited.

It’s considered good Reddiquette (which is this site’s cutesy term for etiquette) to explain your edits