Notify commentator(s) when post edited

Question

It is known that commentators won't be modified when a post is edited. As a result, comments with the words "@user Code fixed. See updated post" or similar are very common, and sometimes they may add clutter to the post.

I therefore propose a feature: when a user edits his own post, an additional entry field is to appear under the post, similar to the "Tags" field when you ask a new question. The user can then choose commentator(s) to notify. After the edit is made the chosen commentator(s) will then receive a notification.

This will reduce the work needed to be done to notify a commentator of an edit, and will also reduce the number of obsolete comments, without the need of additional moderation work.

Answer 1

I understand your issue, but I don't think that option is the solution.

For larger comment threads, like common on meta, the list of notifications can be very large. Also you don't want a mass-mail function built in like this. (I see more in an 'notify when changed' opt in on the post from the commentator instead of the other way around)

I think the current system works well. If you really need to notify one or a few commentators you can ping them. If not, just leave it. I never felt the urge to notify all commentators on my post.