This issue is decades old. The deservedly highly-regarded, pioneering, pre-Internet discussion service, TheWELL, opted for no editing to encourage thoughtful posting. It worked to a degree for many years. But today people care for convenient use and lighter communication. Nobody today wants to reread their posts three times for typos and count to fifty to avoid over-emotional hasty responses.
But if editing is allowed at all (with or without a time limit), there has to be a way to see the previous versions with their time stamps. If you don't like that, you'll have to delete. It's only fair to respondents.
This issue is decades old. The deservedly highly-regarded, pioneering, pre-Internet discussion service, TheWELL, opted for no editing to encourage thoughtful posting. It worked to a degree for many years. But today people care for convenient use and lighter communication. Nobody today wants to reread their posts three times for typos and count to fifty to avoid over-emotional hasty responses.
But if editing is allowed at all (with or without a time limit), there has to be a way to see the previous versions with their time stamps. If you don't like that, you'll have to delete. It's only fair to respondents.