JAKARTA - For years, Twitter users have been demanding the ability to edit their tweets after being published to correct errors such as typos. The request has led to an online joke that Twitter prefers to introduce other products, such as bulletins, before giving users the most requested features.
They are now responding to the demand. Twitter Inc will launch a largely requested edit button for its paid subscribers in the coming weeks. This statement comes from the management of the social media company Thursday, September 1.
Customers paying 4.99 US dollars per month for Twitter Blue will soon be able to edit their tweets several times within 30 minutes of publication, Twitter said in a blog post, quoted by Reuters.
Almost every other social media platform, including Facebook and Instagram Meta Platform, Reddit and Pinterest, has for years offered features that allow users to edit posts.
The San Francisco-based company was involved in a legal battle with billionaire Elon Musk, who tried to withdraw from an acquisition deal worth $44 billion to buy Twitter.
In April, on the same day Musk revealed 9% of shares on Twitter, they tweeted a poll asking millions of followers if they wanted an edit button. More than 70% answered yes.
Twitter and its observers have debated whether allowing tweets to be edited could cause harmful effects, such as the spread of misinformation.
Edited tweets will have icons and timestamps to display when the last post is edited. Users will be able to click edited tweet labels to view edit history and previous post version.
Twitter has been experimenting with edit button versions. Twitter Blue subscribers, the company's paid subscription product, currently have access to a feature that stores tweets for up to a minute, which allows users to review tweets and "reduce" before posts are published.
Asked if the edit button would eventually be available to all Twitter users, a spokesperson said Twitter was testing the feature to "anticipate what might happen if we took it to everyone."
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