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I'd reason it is a trivial modification, and no notice is needed. If you wan't to know who of us is right you'll have to go to court....
– Luuklag
Commented Sep 24, 2021 at 8:18
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@Luuklag True, ultimately; but it's not hard to construct examples in which this change alters significantly the meaning of the comment: for instance comments that contain a pun with OP's username, or use OP's name in the @-notification as part of a sentence.
– Federico Poloni
Commented Sep 24, 2021 at 14:46
Example: "I want @OP to die".
– Federico Poloni
Commented Jul 13 at 7:02

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