I actually saw the title of this thread before it was edited; and I didn’t click on it because I was under the assumption that it was a troll thread asking how to make posts on the DevForum.
So, editing posts to change phrasing actually does work. And it is important if you’re attempting to make your posts seen by other.
They should have a note saying that the post was edited by another user, however, it should not be a approval system. (The OP approves the text change or not.) The best example was what I just stated previously. If the author had declined the change to the title “How do you make a post?”, then the misunderstanding of the post would remain.
You are allowed to re-edit your post after a change was made and then they won’t touch it again. They’ve also said they try their best not to touch the body of the post and that you are not held accountable by staff for these changes. Allowing a small public notice that the change will remove the fear of users holding you accountable for these changes.
Roblox is not a public space, it is a private company. (From my understanding, correct me if I’m wrong.) When agreeing to join a website/platform, etc, you also agree that the business is allowed to modify, edit or change what you publish to their website. The DevForum’s Terms of Service links to the normal Roblox’s Terms of Service, so I’m assuming the agreement to use the DevForums is the same as you were to use the original website’s.
It is not absurd to ask that they add a small notice publicly saying what was edited so users are not confused. It is a bit absurd to me, to think that freedom of speech still applies to Roblox after you agreed to a legally biding contract by using their service. You’ve signed your freedom of speech over by agreeing not to talk about the list of things they’ve provide in their Roblox Community Rules. (As an example.) It is not impositions on your freedom of speech if you willingly signed that right away.
You’ve also agreed to the right to allow them to modify anything posted to their website ahead of time.
However, I still agree; there should be a system to notify other users publicly what changes were made. This should not be done through edit history, or if so have a public edit history (when a staff edits something) and a normal edit history (when a user edits their own post or private information is being hidden.)