I think maybe, a wall of periods, has a much  different meaning, in, The Queens English, than it does in your Amarican variant. It's not an edifying spectacle!  

 If you're on amethyst you can see the original before the edits.

Jaf is protesting edits or something. #JustJaffyThings 

 Ah. I see now.

Thanks for the clarification! 

 I thought if your client didn't support edits, you'd just see the first message... am I wrong? 

 What you are missing is contention over the use of edits on kind1 events.

Edits introduce a lot of complexity, whilst the idea behind kind1 events is that they are superduper ultramega turbo turbo simple. Assuming edits complicates things for everyone trying to implement Nostr.

As part of his crusade against edits, fiatjaf edits all his posts now to break user experience on apps that allow for edits, to make a point.

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