- The results of the poll showed nearly 74% of about 4.4 million respondents are for it.
- Protecting the integrity of that public conversation is our top priority when we approach this work.
- An Edit feature would allow users to fix mistakes, typos and hot takes without losing comments, retweets or likes a post has already accrued.
Twitter has announced that it is developing an edit function that would allow users to make changes to their tweets after they have been published as reported by Deadline.
Big announcement
The announcement was first announced in a one-line tweet on April 1, but it was widely misinterpreted as an April Fool’s joke (it didn’t help that Twitter’s reaction when queried about the sincerity of the message at the time was: “We cannot confirm or deny, but we may edit our statement later”). The company’s communications staff tweeted on Tuesday that the feature has been in development since last year and that the concept did not come from a poll, a hint at new board member Elon Musk.
“Do you want an edit button?” Musk, who became the company’s largest shareholder earlier this week, had asked customers in a survey. According to the poll’s findings, over 74% of the roughly 4.4 million respondents are in favour of it. And Twitter’s CEO, Parag Agrawal, is taking it very seriously, urging people to “vote wisely.”
Public safety
The business has been “exploring how to implement an Edit function in a safe manner since last year,” according to Jay Sullivan, Twitter’s Head of Consumer Product. “Without things like time restrictions, controls, and openness about what has been modified, Edit might be misused to alter the record of the public conversation,” he said, “adding that Edit has been the most requested feature for many years. When we approach this work, the integrity of that public conversation is our primary goal.”
Users would be able to correct mistakes, typos, and hot takes without losing the comments, retweets, or likes that a post has already received. If users want to modify something, they must currently delete and retweet.
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Source: Deadline
