It doesn't. As long as you don't want the people who've already read the unedited post to read what you added. When you edit a post it doesn't put it back onto the 'new posts' screen as far as I'm aware. So someone who's following a conversation as it happens will consistently miss the edited...
The effect I mentioned. So that others participating in a thread at the same time don't miss an afterthought because it doesn't appear as a new post. I don't go back and check threads again for editing, only if a new post appears. That's how I read the forum, when the new posts are...
I usually don't just edit a post when a topic is really rocking. I worry that the other people participating may miss my afterthought because it doesn't appear as a new post. I post consecutively at times so what I'm posting doesn't get missed by someone who's actively engaged in the topic but...
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