Twitter has been spotted working on a way for users to edit their tweets on the microblogging platform. The feature was first spotted on the Twitter web interface and could make its way to the Android and iOS apps in the future. The ability to edit tweets after they have been posted has been requested by users for several years. Twitter has already confirmed that the service is already working on an edit button, which will make its way to Twitter Blue users in the coming months.
The edit button for Twitter was first spotted on the web interface by developer Alessandro Paluzzi, who shared screenshots of the feature on Twitter. One Edit Tweet option appears in the three-dot menu after a tweet is posted, below the option to view Tweet analytics. According to the screenshot shared by Paluzzi, clicking the button will open the composer’s window with the option to edit (or rewrite the tweet), with a blue Updating button to replace the usual Tweet knob.
While this is the first time the new edit button has been noticed, it’s likely the feature will evolve and change as it’s in development. It is currently unclear what time frame will be provided to users for editing a tweet. Another Twitter user Nima Owji (@nima_owji) shared an animation of the feature in action, adding that it is currently not possible for users to edit or modify the audience of a tweet once it has been posted.
Currently, it doesn’t seem possible to change the audience of a tweet!
— Nima Owji (@nima_owji) Apr 16, 2022
The service first tweeted about the edit button on April 1, stating that it was working on the feature. Earlier this month, Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who recently made a bid of $43 billion (about Rs. 3,28,250 crore) to buy the company, posted a poll on Twitter asking whether Twitter should have an edit button.
Musk had tweeted the poll shortly after announcing a 9.2 percent stake in the company, and Twitter CEO Parag Agarwal retweeted Musk’s poll saying the poll’s fallout will be important. “Please vote carefully,” he’d said. In more recent developments, Musk has launched a hostile takeover attempt of Twitter worth $43 billion (approximately Rs. 3,27,420 crore).
Meanwhile, Twitter confirmed on April 5 that it was working on the tweet-editing capability that will be available to Twitter Blue subscribers in the coming months, but the company has yet to reveal if (and when) the feature will eventually roll out to everyone. users.