Washington [US]Sep 1 (ANI): Microblogging site Twitter on Thursday announced that users will soon be able to edit their already published tweets, which comes as a major development on the platform.
Twitter Blue, a paid subscription service for Twitter, shared a photo of an edited tweet on his official account, which he captioned, “Okay, okay, look what we’re testing….”
Meanwhile, Twitter, on the other hand, confirmed the arrival of the ‘Edit button’ news on its official account and wrote, “If you see an edited tweet it is because we are testing the edit button, this is happening.” and you be fine.”
Users will get 30 minutes to edit their tweets, which is a little longer than needed to quickly edit a mistake. However, 30 minutes duration is enough to clarify or rephrase a tweet that can ignite reactions or go viral for the wrong reasons.
Earlier, many people discovered the ‘Edit Tweets’ feature, which has been in development for quite some time. It was unclear how the feature would be visible to users on Twitter. There was also speculation about how the original text of the edited tweet could be read.
According to reverse engineer Jane Manchun Wong, the ‘Edit Tweet’ button will allow users to create a new Tweet with different content. But a label (with the icon of a small pen or pencil) will appear at the bottom of the tweet to make sure Twitter users know that the tweet has been replaced with the original. The text of the label will simply say ‘edited’. And if users click on the word ‘edited’, they will be taken to the edit history of the tweet, as reported by TechCrunch.
Earlier in the year 2020, a report in The Verge stated that Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey went on record saying that the company would “probably never” introduce an edit button. (ANI)
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