Community Suggestion: Ability to update feature request comments
Ability to update feature request comments
User Interface (UI) / User Experience (UX) · Generic · Created by ArcadiusPrime
declined
There is currently no way to edit or take back feature request comments. If you notice a typo or realize you copy-pasted over what you intended to say, there is no way to edit your comment. In a worst case, one might accidentally put in sensitive or inappropriate information that is now publicly visible with no way to undo it outside of contacting support.
The Team's Response
Thanks for the suggestion! This is more a policy decision than a technical one, and the reasoning is abuse and moderation. We have seen breaches of Etiquette in the comments of these suggestions and we don't want to give people a chance to get away with being hostile towards other users by editing their comment a while later before we've seen it. Editing comments could also create situations in which the original posted of the suggestion addresses them in the Follow-up, which could be awkward at best and cause severe misunderstandings at worst. If after leaving a comment you feel like you really missed something very crucial to your point, you can let us know in the #development-discussion channel on our Discord server. If you accidentally entered sensitive information that wasn't meant for this field, you can email us at [email protected] or ping/DM the community team on Discord and we'll help.
Current score
21/300 Votes · +2206 points
Votes Cast
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+100
by YngAnvil1
on 2024-09-23 12:43As to prevent abuse, there should be a specified window you can edit the comment.
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+100
by ClockWorkCleo
on 2024-09-19 19:29 -
+300
by A Lusty Dwarf
on 2024-09-17 03:37 -
+1
by WeStanNikolai
on 2024-09-16 15:43I agree with others that editing suggestions could be problematic, but that isn't what OP is asking - being able to edit your voting comments wouldn't neccessarily impact much, so I'm all for it
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+100
by PoppaeaSabina
on 2024-09-16 07:35Many have concerns with abuse of this potential improvement, but it would address a real issue. My suggestion is that edits must be submitted to an admin, who then decides whether to publish them.
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+1
by Mahdi Avendesora
on 2024-09-11 11:54 -
-1
by A Filthy Velociraptor
on 2024-09-11 01:17Maybe you could edit the suggestion before it gets votes? If people could change anything about their suggestion and completely rewrite the entire thing after people have voted on it, the feature would almost certainly be abused.
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+100
by DesNordlund
on 2024-09-10 08:39At least you should be able so delete it, and voters get their money back. But change a suggestion when it got votes is risky.
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+1
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-300
by MrGunn
on 2024-09-09 17:35 -
+100
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+1
by Gaëlle S.
on 2024-09-09 13:22 -
+300
by Kittymonster
on 2024-09-08 13:53I would probably be less anxious about adding comments with my votes if I could fix unintended/unclear wording, grammar errors, and spelling mistakes.
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+100
by Maz_Cat
on 2024-09-08 09:32 -
+300
by ss2020
on 2024-09-07 22:07 -
+300
by Scalenex
on 2024-09-07 07:51Typos bug me and I am also very prone to making typos. This would be helpful
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+1
by A Sneaky Ooze
on 2024-09-07 00:28 -
+1
by kaixabu
on 2024-09-06 19:47 -
+100
by DMFW
on 2024-09-06 12:11Simple mistakes/omissions or additional thoughts very often occur to me soon after posting a comment, no matter how much care I think I've taken to write it and I suppose sometimes it could be worse than that. Just human nature. I'd also like the ability to edit my comments but I generally think the team is better focusing on core WA functionality ahead of improvements in this feedback system, so it wouldn't be an absolute top priority for me.
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+1
by A Roaring Skeleton
on 2024-09-06 10:44 -
+300
by A Revolutionary Dryad
on 2024-09-06 09:25 -
+300
by ArcadiusPrime
on 2024-09-06 00:06
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