Jay Sullivan, Twitter's head of consumer products, said they've been working on a secure edit feature since last year and plan to start testing it with TwitterBlue Labs in the coming months.
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- Twitter, currently a microblogging platform, doesn't allow its users to make changes to their tweets after they are posted.
- There are many things that Twitter is considering and taking into consideration before implementing this feature for mass users.
- Elon Musk had initially asked users if they wanted an edit button in the Twitter app.
Twitter, a microblogging platform, currently does not allow its users to make changes to their tweets after they are posted. Users can delete the tweet and re-post it if there is a typo or just leave it there. But very soon, Twitter users may see an edit button on the platform. Through this button, they should be able to edit the tweets they are sending.
Twitter confirms the edit button
Jay Sullivan, Twitter's head of consumer products, said they've been working on a secure edit feature since last year and plan to start testing it with TwitterBlue Labs in the coming months.
But there are many things that Twitter is considering and taking into consideration before implementing this feature for mass users.
Sullivan said that without things like time limits, controls, and transparency about what has been changed, users could abuse the "Edit" feature to alter public conversation records, which makes sense.
So it may take some time for the edit function to arrive on the platform, but it will come anyway. Elon Musk, a famous global businessman, bought a 9.2% stake in Twitter and became the company's largest shareholder.
Musk had initially asked users if they wanted an edit button in the Twitter app. The answer to this question has largely been that users want an Edit button.
The edit button is actually a feature that should have appeared in the app a few years ago. Although the company is concerned, some arrangements could have been made years ago. Twitter can show users the edited tweet and give them the ability to view the original tweet before editing it so that public records can be kept in full transparency and no user can manipulate the data and conversations on the platform.