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Just one guess, but in the "good old days" of the Internet, people would sometimes get suspicious and accuse you of trickery if you edited your posts without explanation, so a culture developed of always explaining even the most trivial edits. "Full transparency" taken to its absurd extreme, I suppose.

it’s a case of virtue signalling to other community members, same as using abbreviations in a corporate email or double space after a full stop.

i guess, there is nothing wrong with that ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Full disclosure: I work for Google and am a member of the Illuminati. They aren’t necessary because we keep track.

Sincerely,

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