The article suggests that this is solved by repushing the original content with the mistake flag but I would argue that a notification may even be appropriate. Similar to how mastodon sends notifications for edits.

Developer Rimu is also emphasising Trust and Safety, and healthy community interactions. One way PieFed does this is by adding the ability for authors to add a ‘I’ve changed my mind’ setting. It draws inspiration from Nick Punt’s work on de-escalation on social media.

Love that people are trying out different mechanisms for encouraging a less toxic social experience. Big tech has run engagement driven social for so long I think a lot of us had largely given up on the idea. That said, I really think a lot of the toxic cultural quirks that have even followed us here are a direct result of their engagement driving priorities and given enough time away from them people will skew kinder.

Here’s the article on de-escalation for anybody interested: https://nickpunt.com/blog/deescalating-social-media/

Probably for the best. They’d been spinning their wheels while sucking most of the oxygen out of the room for several years now. Time for somebody else to give it a go