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It is a major problem that Substack allows edits of comments and notes indefinitely without creating a record. What’s stopping me from going back and editing a note from five years ago, changing it to make it seem like I predicted the future?
I’ve seen debates in comment sections where people go back and make stealth edits to change what they said. This makes the site untrustworthy for establishing records of debates, or even keeping up with them in real time. Why even allow edits after a certa…