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by Gargoyle 2927 days ago
>If a system can't cope with "dumb" users who occasionally make mistakes - I have to question whether the technology works at all.

Which technologies meet this standard?

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Any mutable data store or versioned immutable data store that allows either the user or an administrator to manually correct the wrong input.
> immutable data store that allows either the user or an administrator to manually correct the wrong input.

Blockchains are this. What's to prevent a user or administrator from committing a "deletion" of some piece of data on the blockchain and then for users to refer to the most recent commit? That's how immutable data structures work.