It's a leftover from reddit. A comment would be marked as "edited" if you changed anything after posting it, and since some people are shitheads and change their comments to say completely different things after people have already replied to them it's just a way to inform people that the edit you made to your comment was just to fix typos and not anything significant

[–] Dave@lemmy.nz 41 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Lemmy posts also show they are edited.

Though I never wrote that I fixed a typo on reddit either. Only stating the edit if it was adding info or changing something.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Lemmy even shows ninja edits. On Reddit you had a few minutes to get a quick edit in before it would be marked as edited. Lemmy gives the mark even if you edit within 5 seconds.

Like so

[–] Omgarm@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I leave spelling mistakes once somebody replied and no comment about fixing it before that.

[–] Dave@lemmy.nz 12 points 10 months ago

I fix spelling mistakes once someone replied because that's when I come back and see my comment again and notice the spelling mistake.

[–] magmaus3@szmer.info 6 points 10 months ago

I tend to ~~leav~~ leave both correct and bad spellings.

[–] gtaman@iusearchlinux.fyi 31 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Easy solution; show edit history.

[–] KmlSlmk64@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The only problem is if you accidentally include some personal information or other type you don't want to be out there and you've edited it out, you probably don't want it to be accessible.

[–] gtaman@iusearchlinux.fyi 1 points 10 months ago

I mean, u can still delete whole comment

[–] Peppycito@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 months ago

Seems like the perfect answer.

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 10 months ago

The same is literally here? You will aso got a mark for an edited comment.

[–] pressanykeynow@iusearchlinux.fyi 16 points 10 months ago (1 children)

So you can edit something significant and just add "edit: typo".

[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 4 points 10 months ago

It's funny how people think writing "edit: typo" is more "transparent" and whatnot.

These people don't know about lying.

[–] Sotuanduso@lemm.ee 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

Or people can change their comment and leave in "Edit: typo" to throw people off their trails, like I just did.

What, did you think I was gonna be deceptive?

EDIT: Typo

[–] NewNewAccount@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago

Hey man I didn’t know that and that’s super helpful. Thanks for sharing!

[–] GrievingWidow420@feddit.it 5 points 10 months ago

«Or people can change their comment and leave in "Edit: typo" to throw people of their trails» indeed, my friend