Twitter said Thursday it is testing a feature that will allow users to edit their tweets after they’ve been published, a highly anticipated development that has sparked some debate among its most ardent fans.
“If you see an edited Tweet, it’s because we’re testing the edit button,” the social media platform said in a statement. tweet. “This is happening and you will be fine.”
Twitter said in April that users will soon be able to customize their posts with an edit button, adding that the feature has been the most requested feature for “many years.”
Twitter continued his blog the editing function is tested internally by the team.
“The test will then initially be expanded to Twitter Blue subscribers in the coming weeks,” the company said, adding, “even if you’re not in a test group, anyone can still see if a Tweet has been edited.”
The feature allows users to make changes to “correct typos, add missed tags, and more,” the company said.
For the test, Twitter will allow tweets to be edited a few times “in the 30 minutes after publishing” and will appear with an edit label to inform readers that the original message has been modified.
By tapping the edit label, viewers can see the edit history of the tweet, including previous versions of the tweet.
Twitter said the time limit and version history “help protect the integrity of the conversation and provide a publicly accessible record of what was said.”
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