Twitter just dropped a bomb in the kind of awaited old news (or in some cases, dreaded) – the social media platform introduced the option to edit tweets. Something as simple as editing has become the subject of most social media websites and applications for years, but Twitter refused and remained strong in his attitude that it would not add to such features. It seems that changes, though, for now, editing will only be available for a small portion of users. Adding the “Edit” button on Twitter is a surprising problem divising. Some users have requested one for many years, while some predict it to be a terrible and firm idea of it. Maybe this is why you need Twitter for so long to even entertain the idea.
This news came after Elon Musk tweeted polls on his own account – shortly after becoming the biggest shareholder of Twitter, but before the announcement he joined his council – asking the edit button. The company secretly teased this announcement a few days ago by tweeting: “We are working on the edit button.” Because this was said in April stupid, most people did not bring him to the heart. After all, the lack of editing features has become a sustainable joke on Twitter for years, but now, it will eventually come true. But will this option be a good change, or bad? And who will really be able to use it?
Not too many Twitter users will be given the option to edit
Only those who use Twitter Blue, the company’s monthly subscription service, will be able to use a controversial edit function at first. Consider how the platform works, the impact of users can potentially edit their posts at certain times can be good or bad. However, tweet can be retweeted and respond, so it’s easy enough to edit tweets to make other people look bad based on how they interact with it before editing. There is plenty of space for harassment through gas-gasing, but there is also the reason why the Twitter edit button might be an additional welcome. Something as simple as fixing typo or spell errors is enough reason to want the edit button. Changing errors can now be fixed with edit 10 seconds simple instead of making a utas. There is a lot of potential memes and jokes to be made around the edit button too, which no doubt the user will use if and when this feature is released on site-wide.
For now, editing tweets will be limited to those who pay for Twitter Blue, and it’s a sample of users who are quite small. Subscription services are only available in the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, and each country has its own prices. Twitter said it would test what was successful, what was not, and what was possible for the next few months before potentially moving to the next stage to introduce features.
Did Elon Musk make the Twitter edit button happen?
As mentioned above, the announcement came after Elon Musk joined the Twitter Board of Directors. In addition to the fact that Musk has invested a lot on Twitter, it is difficult to deny that he is a diligent user and criticism of the platform. Musk himself, as well as various business efforts, all often use Twitter, therefore it is not surprising that the edit button debate has reached the musk’s ear. Musk triggered a debate about the edit button by sharing the poll, asking his followers to choose whether they want added or not features. More than 70% chose yes, and the next day, Twitter made the announcement. Funny maybe to assume that Musk just made Twitter change his mind, it was very impossible. The platform even joked clarifying in the announcement: “No, we don’t get an idea of the poll.”
When the feature starts to pass to a larger collection of users, it will be interesting to see if it will be used to correct spelling errors or cover the jokes that should be made. Twitter hasn’t determined how long it plans to test the edit button.
