They already know that everyone editing old posts is doing it to screw with them.
As others pointed out they will ignore all edits. Especially edits made after 1 day.
Losing the rare grammatical fixes or additional info that was changed weeks later doesn’t matter to them. Keeping the version last changed within 1 day of first edit gives them everything they need.
The only way to mess with reddit would require posting wrong information with a community of like minded redittors that would up vote the bad information.
They already know that everyone editing old posts is doing it to screw with them.
As others pointed out they will ignore all edits. Especially edits made after 1 day.
Losing the rare grammatical fixes or additional info that was changed weeks later doesn’t matter to them. Keeping the version last changed within 1 day of first edit gives them everything they need.
The only way to mess with reddit would require posting wrong information with a community of like minded redittors that would up vote the bad information.