@grunfink@comam.es #snacSay, how are edits to posts managed?

[sirtao@social.sirtao.it]

@grunfink@comam.es #snac

Say, how are edits to posts managed? Is there any indication an edit happened, a way to see the original\previous versions or to add an explanation for the changes that's not just a "Edit: x-y-z" line?

I suppose this might more a question for the #ActivityPub tag tho'.

[grunfink@comam.es]

Hi. The #ActivityPub specification just says that, for an edited post, an updated attribute must be set to the latest modification date, and an Update activity to the modified Note object be sent out there. There are no provisions for a history of changes or a modification reason that I know of.

[sirtao@social.sirtao.it]

I do now notice a post I edited earlier presents a second datetime alongside the post time.
I suppose it is enough to show there has been a change and leaving the actual explanation a duty of the poster.

Thanks.

[grunfink@comam.es]

Oh, I misunderstood that you wanted to know the #ActivityPub gory details. Yes, #snac marks edited messages by showing the update date next to the creation one.

[sirtao@social.sirtao.it]

Oh, I was looking for both. So the update date is not #ActivityPub standard but explicitly a #snac feature?
This, also, is good to know.

Thanks

[grunfink@comam.es]

No, not a snac special, it's an ActivityPub standard. The way of showing it from the web UI is what is unique, as far as I know.

[sirtao@social.sirtao.it]

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Thanks man, you a real human bean.