Twitter announced Tuesday, via Twitter, that it is indeed working on an edit feature for tweets.
Blue, in the coming months. It said the test would help it “learn what works, what doesn't, and what's possible.”spokesperson Catherine Hill declined to answer if it was a feature that would be rolled out for all users.'s vice president of consumer product, Jay Sullivan, tweeted Tuesday that an edit feature has for years been the most requested, since people want to fix mistakes, typos, and “hot takes.
Tweets are often embedded in news stories, which could cause problems if the users edit important or controversial tweets without leaving evidence of the original statement. Grygiel suggested instead givingTwitter users edit their tweets means they would not be historical statements anymore, Grygiel said. “We need to think about what the implications are, what these tweets are, who has power.”
The company acknowledged those concerns Tuesday evening. Sullivan, tweeted, “Without things like time limits, controls, and transparency about what has been edited, Edit could be misused to alter the record of the public conversation. Protecting the integrity of that public conversation is our top priority when we approach this work.”, too, had said that a proposal for a post-publication edit window of a few minutes “ sounds reasonable.”is someone who could seemingly use an edit button.
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