What are your thoughts on Signal's policy for edited messages?

I have no strong feelings. I’ve used platforms that work both ways and for most people in most situations they work equally well. I’d rather adjust my own behavior than try to change a platform. @notwithstanding > Edit history is fine. Everybody makes mistakes. Agreed, if I see someone wrote something, regretted what they said or felt they phrased it poorly, and then edited it to be more considerate then I am not really going to have a negative impression of them. If we interact in person they are not going to get to edit their responses after speaking, so one assumes I already know about this and am okay with it at that point. Their effort into being considerate is obvious. But also… @lyricism > Someone you are messaging who if they can see past edits to messages you’ve sent them is problematic for you is by definition, at least to some degree, adversarial. Yeah, if it were me talking to a spouse or friend, they could simply ask me not to read their edit history if I hadn’t seen what they said pre-edit. If I agreed, someone who knew me well would have no reason to doubt me due to my history with them. Adversarial might seem like strong phrasing, but we’re really talking about a specific situation where someone either won’t agree to that or can’t be trusted to follow through on what they say. There are benefits and drawbacks of both ways of handling edits. However, regardless of how Signal handles it, I don’t think the aforementioned situation should be what they base their design choices on.