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Nice one @patrix - I would not have seen that as I don't do HN or /. or digg or reddit...

Also - nice quote on using facts and data so that people can verify something does or does not work.

> The goal isn't for people to talk to each other, the goal is for people to answer the damn question

Hello

I have a few questions for any mods (@bmike it seems like you're online. Sorry for the ping.)

Hi! @ZachGates

feel free to post on Ask Different Meta too - that pings all mods

and is designed for QA - but drive by works well too (when it works)

Hi! Nice to meet you

Thanks for the Meta advice, btw

yah - it's always funny to see people ask for permission to ask on chat

I just had a couple questions about edit frequency. I edit a lot of answers/questions at a time and I was just wondering if this is frowned upon

editing is generally awesome

the problem is monopolizing the front page, so if you edit several posts in one thread, that's far better than editing several threads at once.

Also - polishing a turd is a thing

ideally, most edits will be substantial improvements - do you have a specific instance that makes you wonder if it's too trivial to edit?

No specific instance, but I get a little sheepish when my name appears on several answers and the question of a thread

It just feels.. weird, haha

This thread for example

Here's what I would have done:

I would have left this to it's misery. apple.stackexchange.com/posts/217890/revisions (and not tried to make it better - it's just bad, so let it be bad since I can't think how to make it useful)

apple.stackexchange.com/posts/190888/revisions is nice - makes it easier for someone to use. Not earth shattering, but a good journeyman edit

Same for the question - that is probably the best of the three since it removes something that people often do (chit chat) and it really tightens the "ask" - basically letting grammar make it clear what the user did.

Also - once you bumped that old question - it was fine to edit more than one post.

the bumping surfaced it as a dupe which is a big, big help to the site - so A+

If you find all you are doing is edit, then those aren't good enough to sustain your streak.

but - fixing 5 or ten posts over a cleanup session (when you are addressing tags or merging / closing duplicates) that's great.

Alright, awesome. Thanks for the advice!

Thanks for contributing :-)

Of course :D