Pfff this is a really hard nut to crack.

I mean i understand you want to make an example post of things that could be to make a point, but actively trying to destroy something at this stage of development seems very weird too.

Is this really about amethyst becoming the centralized client or simply a problem with (and a hard stance against) edits? If this about it becoming centralized i think other clients have to step up their game instead of actively trying to take the most used one down. In the end one of the clients will become the most used one.

Can this then not easily be fixed by offering users a way to go trough previous events to see what was edited (and thus remove the spam? If that is what it turns into?) Is the edit a NIP or is it just a custom way amethyst implements an existing event? All the previous events should usually still exist right? It's like deletion, you can request it but there are no guarantees of a relay honoring it.

Maybe i am oversimplifying it. I have not been part of any of the discussions on this topic. I just hope this could be resolved without so much mud throwing, we need more nostr devs building stuff instead of actively attacking eachother and making it personal.

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Yeah. Edits are just new posts. The old one is still there. The interface shows all versions of the edit. There are no deletes anywhere. In that case, it is even better than some of the replaceable event and delete and repost proposals that have been circulating.

By the way, you can also do Delete and Post again on Amethyst right now. So, our users get all of the options:

- Don't edit/See the original content.

- Edit with history/See all of the changes

- Edit without history, just delete and post again.

Users can choose what they prefer.

Ah yes i just now noticed i can click on edit of one of pablo's replies and it goes through a huge list of edits. It does tell me how little i actually thought about the problem and there is really no easy way around it.

I could just block a spammer who is clearly abusing it?

To form a proper opinion on this i guess i'll have to go through everything that has happened in between fiatjaf's post a while ago and then all the way up to this point to not look stupid and ask the same questions that have already been answered.

Guess I'm just gonna have to ride out this one. I love amethyst and even if you end up choosing to remove the edit feature or make it always show the original (forgive me if it's already there and i haven't found it) i'm fine with it, i just hope a resolution does not have be accomplished by a burned out dev on either side of the table.