"Well well well, look what we've been testing," The long-awaited edit button is finally coming to the microblogging platform Twitter, even though it would be for select users only.
"If you see an edited Tweet it's because we're testing the edit button, this is happening and you'll be okay," Twitter confirmed the arrival of the feature through its official account.
Twitter users will finally be able to edit the tweets they post on the platform. However, as per reports, only paid users will have the access to the feature and it remains to be seen if the feature will be available for all 237 million users.
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“We’re hoping that with the availability of Edit Tweet, tweeting will feel more approachable and less stressful,” Twitter said in a statement. “You should be able to participate in the conversation in a way that makes sense to you.”
The edit button initially is available for Twitter employees for internal testing, and then to Twitter Blue users. The company eventually plans to give everyone the option to alter their tweets.
A picture of an 'Edit Button' was shared by Twitter Blue, which is a paid subscription service from Twitter.
How does the feature works?
The edit button will allow users to edit their tweet even if it has been posted. Twitter users did not have the option so far so they either had to delete the tweet or post another one in case any mistake happened.
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However, Twitter users will get only 30 minutes to edit their tweets which are long and has some mistakes. To signify a tweet is edited, the tweet will bear a label to show it has been modified. Clicking the label will let viewers see the history of the edits.
Major Changes in Twitter
Since its launch in 2006, Twitter has hardly undergone many changes. However, in 2017, Twitter increased the character limit for messages to 280 characters from 140.
In 2020, Twitter rolled out Fleets, a feature similar to Instagram reels that deleted users’ posts after 24 hours. But Twitter soon removed the feature.
Last month, Twitter introduced Circles, a feature that lets people share posts with a smaller number of followers.
Elon Musk and the Edit button
Tesla CEO and billionaire Elon Musk wanted to bring the edit button to the social media platform after taking a passive stake in the company.
“Looking forward to working with Parag & Twitter board to make significant improvements to Twitter in coming months,” Musk had tweeted in April.
It is worth noting that Tesla CEO Elon Musk has been demanding the edit button from Twitter for a long time.
Later, Musk announced that he was withdrawing from a $44 billion deal to buy Twitter alleging multiple breaches of the agreement.
Musk said he had backed out because Twitter failed to provide enough information on the number of spam and fake accounts.
Twitter and Musk became embroiled in a legal battle following that as Twitter filed suit, alleging he had breached his contract while disrupting the site’s operations and dragging down its stock.
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