Thanks for editing your post. With respect to the voting, unfortunately that's partly an artifact of viewing the site. Unless people are following the thread, they aren't likely to see an edit. There is an option in account settings which permits including a delay before a comment is made visible. This allows a period of time where you can edit the comment before others view it. This can help if you've dashed off a comment in the heat of the moment, reflect, and rewrite it with a cooler head. Admittedly, it doesn't help if the comment has already been viewed, but it may prevent some of what you experienced.