button to edit tweets This is by far the feature that users most demand from Twitter, and the social network did not remain deaf. The platform announced that as of today is testing this new option internally, which is also available for a small group of accounts. And it is expected that its availability will be extended to more people in the coming weeks.
But don’t worry too much, as the tweet editing tool will only be available to Twitter Blue subscribers. This means that not only will you have to pay to use it, but it will also be limited to a few countries. In particular, the USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
If you are wondering when it will reach the rest of the users of the social network, then at the moment there is no news. In fact, it is still unknown if Twitter plans to keep the ability to edit tweets exclusively for those using the paid version of the service, or if its presence will be extended to most of their accounts at some point.
How does the new tweet editing option work?
As Twitter explained, during the testing period, users will be able to edit their tweets several times, but they will be limited in time. edition will be available only 30 minutes after postingand any changes made will be published.
The social network commented that edited tweets will contain an icon, a timestamp showing when they were last modified, and a label saying they are no longer the original. By clicking on the latest, you can see the history of publications, which allows you to compare all previous versions of the publication and contextualize them.
Due to the way Twitter has performed with regards to this highly anticipated feature, perhaps the final version of the tweet editing tool tolerate some other change, if it is needed. In any case, we will have to wait until the days pass to see if the utility is accepted and works properly.
longstanding claim
Users have long been asking Twitter to enable the ability to edit their tweets. However, it was only this year that the company decided to take the opportunity seriously. Complaints about inability to correct spelling errors were among the most listened to – or actually read – on the topic.
The main concern of the social network was to find a way to enable this tool, but still take precautions to prevent it from being used to make “malicious changes” to the original posts. So there were rumors about the possibility of including a time limit.
Twitter has already started using a similar option in Twitter Blue, although the same was intended for delete tweetinstead of editing. Another striking fact was that even Elon Musk spoke about the need for a button to edit tweets. Let’s not forget that after his brief stint on the Twitter board of directors, the mogul polled his millions of followers asking if they wanted that option or not.
Shortly after, the social network confirmed that it was working on the feature. However, it assured that the project is in the folder since before the truncated arrival of the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX in the company.
Source: Hiper Textual
