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Too lazy to switch apps too (sh.itjust.works)
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[-] KurtVonnegut@mander.xyz 29 points 5 days ago

But clearly you start with the asterisk

[-] Hawke@lemmy.world 18 points 5 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

No, you edit the message so that the typo has a * after it, since asterisks indicate a footnote. Then you post the corrective message with the asterisk at the beginning.

[-] SparroHawc@lemmy.zip 6 points 4 days ago

Just edit the original message with [sic]

[-] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 days ago

This is the way.

[-] BassTurd@lemmy.world 13 points 4 days ago

I've always been asterisk at the end, but mostly because it's easier for me to type that way.

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