Twitter working on edit button but says idea did not come from Elon Musk
Twitter has confirmed it has working on an edit button, but denied the idea came after the company’s new largest shareholder, Elon Musk, held a poll on it.
For years, editing a tweet already published has been a sought after feature on the site, to correct typos or embarrassing mistakes. Currently people work around it by deleting and reposting the tweet.
In a post on Tuesday, Twitter said it had been working on an edit button since 2021 and would test out the new feature with a selection of people signed up for company’s subscription product – Twitter Blue – in the coming months.
In a video to go with the announcement, the edit button sits with other options for tweets, such as “delete tweet”, however the company has not indicated yet what an edited tweet would look like on the site. Twitter said it was still developing the tool.
<p lang=«en» dir=«ltr» xml:lang=«en»>now that everyone is asking… yes, we’ve been working on an edit feature since last year! no, we didn’t get the idea from a poll Read more on theguardian.com
