Notify users when author edits brohoofed post

[Jokuc 8,174]

I have a little suggestion about post edits. I am not sure whether I think it is a good idea to implement it or not but I thought I would share my thoughts to see what you think:

 

Whenever a user edits one of their posts, everyone who has given this post a brohoof (a like) will be given a notification.

 

 

Pros:

• If a user likes a post and the author makes major changes or additions to it, this user will not be aware that the changes has been made. There is a possibility that one of the people who liked this post may not agree with the statements made in the edited post. Adding this feature allows users to read through the changes and decide whether they still wish to "brohoof" the post or if they want to "un-brohoof" it.
• When someone creates a thread where he/she/it wants information or suggestions about something, the user who gives the "best" reply with the most detailed or relevant information is usually given a brohoof. In most of the times, the OP will then be satisfied with the answer and never return to the thread again unless more people post. This is very common among new members or in the "Site Questions / Tech Support" section since the thread usually is locked shortly after the question has been answered. If the person who gave this detailed answer wants to edit their post for various reasons (additional information, important things for OP to be aware of, etc.), rarely anyone will notice. With this feature, OP will receive the (hopefully) useful additional information.
• In the "Site Questions / Tech Support" section, posts has to be approved by a staff member in order to be visible for other users. Once your post has been approved, you can edit it however you want without the need of approval. I certainly doubt this would ever happen, but hypothetically you could make a proper reply just to gain approval and then turn it to a bunch of bullshit which can hurt OP if you so wish to. With this suggestion, a few modifications can be made to notify the staff members that a post that they approved has been edited.
• You can turn these notifications off if you want to.

 

Cons:

• Giving users a notification for every edit can also be a bad thing. Sometimes there are people who make a lot of minor changes to their posts every now and then because of spelling errors. This would give the brohoofing members a shit load of notifications from the same post.
• This feature could lead to thread-revive spamming. Since this feature will not only apply to recent posts but to ALL posts you have ever given a brohoof to, the feature can be exploited to give attention towards older posts. Even if this is unintentional, there is a bit of a problem with this. "Want more comments on the drawing you made? Well edit your post and add like one character just to give everyone a notification and you got yourself some free advertising." See what I mean?

 

 

I think this feature would be an obvious addition if there was a way to set a minimum amount of characters that is needed to be changed before people are given a notification so you don't say "hey everyone, look at my edited post" when you just want to fix some embarrassing spelling mistakes. Also, it would be great if there was a way to make the system ignore posts that are older than... let's say 5 months in order to prevent thread revival.

 

So what are your opinions on this suggestion? Is it a good or bad idea? Do you think it should be added?

 

And to the staff-techies: Yes, this feature is available for free download here:

https://community.invisionpower.com/files/file/6991-notifiy-users-when-author-edits-the-liked-post/

[Jeric 46,854]

Funny enough, a tool like this would be beneficial for the MCM thread since I edit the OP with each major milestone or event announcement