@soandos actually, we've discussed a similar thing in the past in regards to abandoned questions (where the question author leaves and doesn't return). The best (and most correct) answer is the most up-voted one in most cases, not the one that particular question author chose.

Oh, and as nhinkle brought up in a comment to digitxp's answer, this idea has been proposed and denied in the past on Meta SO.

Sorry for commenting to you in this question (I removed my comment, you can do so as well), but I had no other way of bringing it up. I didn't mean it as a personal attack, this is something I've seen happen with various other users in the past (myself included), and just wanted to bring it to your attention. If you take a look at my answer to this question, I agree that you shouldn't have to actively stop.

@Grace Note I apologize, in retrospect I think my comment may have come off a bit strongly. I agree that it would mitigate the impact significantly, but I also have to agree with digitxp - there is more then one way to change the way edits are currently handled, in order to avoid having to shift when the edits are done in the first place.

@digitxp in my opinion, we should not distinguish major versus minor edits, since sometimes the editor does wish for that post to reach the front page (regardless of the edit size). My only logic in saying that is because there no way to automatically differentiate between spelling/grammar corrections or corrections to the content itself - even a minor change to content could be classified as a major change to a question/answer. I would agree that this could be implemented for just tag edits only.

@digitxp agreed. It might be wiser to perform massive edit jobs during low-period hours, but how can you expect moderators to plan their own lives around that? And for what it's worth, even if the massive edit jobs are pushed down within an hour, the impression of the site to all those users who looked at it before will be left.

Agreed. Any really common word that is the same name as another application should be prefixed by either the developer or software library.

I agree. I would argue that a printer is computer hardware, since that's just about the only thing in the world that can be interfaced to it.