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This is usually innocent (like fixing typos, in which case it's customary to add something like "Ninja-edited for typo" just for clarity) but can also be used as flamebait, when a Ninja Editor's edit radically changes the content of the post. This can lead to an even more confusing situation where the earlier replies to a Ninja Edited post are replies to the original unedited post and later replies are replies to the new, edited post.
In the case of a total-post change, it may be deliberate [[
This can get really, ''really'' annoying in certain communities (especially Livejournal) where you can now edit comments, as most people have settings that email the comments to them, so in the space of a few minutes you can have half a dozen of practically the same comment clogging up your inbox.
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People that are afraid of this happening to a significant comment may quote them so that it's part of their quote. This ignores that quotes can also be altered. (Usually just by moderators, however.)
This is the reason that some fora allow editing of articles only
A somewhat related phenomenon is the '''''Ninja Post''''', where during the time an entirely new message is being written, one or more other corespondents will submit messages into the conversation where the aforementioned one was intended to go. In this case, specific references to location or primacy (eg.: “Like the last post says…”, “I'm surprised nobody's mentioned…”) will be rendered confusing or misleading.
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