Twitter stated at the moment it is going to debut an Edit Tweet button on subscription service Twitter Blue “in coming weeks.”
It’s the platform’s most requested characteristic to this point and can permits customers to alter printed Tweets a number of occasions for as much as half-hour. “Consider it as a brief time period to do issues like repair typos, add missed tags, and extra,” the corporate stated in a weblog publish.
Edited Tweets will seem with an icon, timestamp, and label so it’s clear to readers that the unique Tweet has been modified. Tapping the label will take viewers to the Tweet’s Edit Historical past, which incorporates previous variations of the Tweet.
“We’re hoping that, with the supply of Edit Tweet, Tweeting will really feel extra approachable and fewer annoying. It’s best to be capable to take part within the dialog in a approach that is smart to you,” the corporate stated.
Twitter already provides Twitter Blue subscribers an Undo Tweet button that offers them 30 seconds to cancel a Tweet. The platform’s month-to-month subscription providing has launched within the U.S., Canada, Australia and New Zealand. It prices $4.99 a month Stateside.
Twitter introduced plans for an Edit button in early April. That was simply after Elon Musk joined the board and several other days after he performed an internet ballot, on Twitter, about whether or not the corporate ought to add one. Twitter stated then that it had been engaged on the characteristic since 2021 and the announcement had “nothing to do with a ballot.”
By late April, Musk wasn’t a director and had struck a deal to purchase Twitter for $44 billion that he terminated this summer season. Twitter sued and the 2 sides are combating in Delaware Chancery Court docket with a trial set for October.
A whistleblower and former safety chief Pieter Zatko, who was fired early this yr, is ready to testify in Congress later this month, alleging lax safety on the positioning, deceptive information and willful disregard by its CEO and prime executives.
