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kleinbl00  ·  4291 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The implications of being able to edit post links

If somebody did that I would un-follow them. If they had done that after I shared their link I would un-share it.





mk  ·  4291 days ago  ·  link  ·  

This is it.

If a user wants to discredit themselves, I am ok with that. Of course, they might have a short term advantage from it, or be disruptive for a short time, but IMO it will sort itself out to their detriment.

Removing the ability to edit the url after time blocks this bad behavior, but trust is a powerful thing. I'd ignore someone that did this.

kleinbl00  ·  4291 days ago  ·  link  ·  

And that, I believe, is the important difference between Hubski and Reddit: on Reddit, the onus of trust is on the consumer. On Hubski, the onus of trust is on the provider.

It's a powerful difference.