[DEV question] Why cant we change Alpha application answers?

[Shougun]

That's right, but it also doesn't stop people from thinking different answers would have been better. There's no point in changing your app after the fact because you don't know that your answers are what kept you from getting in or got you in. Most likely they simply took a broad sample of those that were close to what they wanted, and randomly selected from those. It's not like having the "optimal" app would have guaranteed your acceptance.

But there is plenty of reason to update. You change your computer you dont have that old system anymore - you are lying now on your application to SE.

If se wanted your system specs for a test and you dont have them anymore that is bad on SE. It is better they let you update. You can try to 'lie' but you could have lied in the first place, and no one knows what the winning combination is - so attempting to lie is a waste of time.

Updating your app is more honest then not.