Amidst the hostile takeover by Elon Musk, the deployment of a poison capsule technique by the board of administrators who later accepted the provide and Musk experiencing chilly ft, Twitter’s Edit characteristic has lastly made it to the app. Although it is just accessible to Twitter Blue members in Australia, Canada and New Zealand, the microblogging platform ought to launch it for different areas, together with the United States. Here is all the things that it’s essential know concerning the new Edit button.

plus, a model historical past is accessible on each edited Tweet so you realize what modified pic.twitter.com/E3eZSj7NsL

— Twitter Blue (@TwitterBlue) October 3, 2022

How does the Twitter Edit characteristic work?

The official Twitter Blue account introduced the Edit characteristic on October 3, 2022. As the identify suggests, the Edit characteristic on Twitter permits customers to make any corrections, add related data or edit a tweet generally inside half-hour of posting it. As talked about earlier, the Edit characteristic is just accessible to paying members of the Twitter Blue subscription, which prices $5 per thirty days. Unfortunately, the Twitter Blue subscription is just accessible on “Twitter for iOS, Android and web in the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.” Hence, Indian customers gained’t be capable to use the characteristic except Twitter decides to roll out the service within the nation. 

check went nicely, Edit Tweet is now rolling out to Twitter Blue members in Canada, Australia, and New Zealand!

US coming quickly pic.twitter.com/7NNPRC0t1I

— Twitter Blue (@TwitterBlue) October 3, 2022

After posting a tweet, Twitter Blue members can open it and faucet on the three dots on the prime proper nook. They will see the ‘Edit Tweet’ possibility within the drop-down menu. The possibility will permit customers to edit their tweet and republish with the Update button. As quickly as somebody edits their tweet, it seems with a pencil icon beside the timestamp. Readers may also faucet on the Tweet and look at the edited variations of the tweet (with timestamps). From what it appears like, the platform has taken steps to forestall misuse of the Edit characteristic, which issues many customers. 

Users have been demanding the characteristic for a while now

It is vital to say that Twitter customers have sought the Edit characteristic for fairly a while. Back in 2020, when Twitter’s founder and former CEO Jack Dorsey was requested about including a characteristic that enables customers to edit their tweets, Dorsey said that Twitter would by no means think about including such a characteristic. Earlier this yr, when Musk had about 9% stakes in Twitter, he carried out a ballot on the platform, asking customers about an edit button. Currently, the tweet has over 4.4M votes, out of which 73.6% favour including an edit button.  

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