Twitter is Reportedly Developing an Edit Button
Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla, is already wielding authority at Twitter after acquiring a $2.9 billion stake in the firm, making him the company’s largest shareholder.
He asked his 80 million Twitter followers if they wanted an edit button in a tweet. Twitter’s current CEO, Parag Agrawal, joined in and quoted his poll, stating, “The repercussions of this poll will be important.” Please vote with caution.”
The consequences of this poll will be important. Please vote carefully. https://t.co/UDJIvznALB
— Parag Agrawal (@paraga) April 5, 2022
The edit tool was the most eagerly awaited Twitter feature, as it would allow users to quickly modify their tweets, particularly to rectify errors.
Twitter teased this on April Fool’s Day, but it appears like it will happen soon.
https://twitter.com/Twitter/status/1509951255388504066
If this functionality is ever deployed, there will have to be regulations in place to prevent bad actors from editing their tweets in order to avoid being blocked by “this you” tweets.
The best solution is for users to be able to amend their tweets while keeping the original message for accountability. Elon Musk concurs.
Under two conditions. It’s only available for a few minutes, 5-10 mins. And when an edit is made, there’s a small link that shows the edit. This keeps a public record but allows the tweeter the ability to fix a simple mistake and not re-notify their followers with a new tweet
— Everyday Astronaut (@Erdayastronaut) April 5, 2022
Even Meta’s CTO Andrew Bosworth shared the same thought.
https://twitter.com/boztank/status/1511171084560723969
Former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey was against adding an edit button to the platform.
There are no timelines to expect but Michael Sayman, Twitter’s product lead quote-tweeted the original tweet saying:
https://twitter.com/michaelsayman/status/1511119596820078603
So fingers crossed, Twitter is actually building this feature.
