Twitter confirmed on Tuesday that it's exploring including an edit button. The corporate mentioned it has been engaged on the concept since final 12 months.
"We're kicking off testing inside @TwitterBlue Labs within the coming months to be taught what works, what does not, and what's potential," a tweet from the social media website's communications group mentioned.
In accordance with a video from the account, the edit button would seem within the dropdown menu on an already-published tweet, alongside the delete and pin buttons.
On April 1, which occurs to be April Fools' Day, the official Twitter account tweeted "we're engaged on an edit button." The communications group's account retweeted it on Tuesday, including "ps: we weren't joking."
Jay Sullivan, the pinnacle of shopper product at Twitter, additionally tweeted Tuesday in regards to the potential change.
"Edit has been probably the most requested Twitter function for a few years," he mentioned. "Folks need to have the ability to repair (typically embarrassing) errors, typos and scorching takes within the second. They presently work round this by deleting and tweeting once more."
Sullivan warned, nevertheless, that "Edit could possibly be misused to change the file of the general public dialog," and Twitter's purpose is to guard "the integrity of that public dialog."
"Due to this fact, it can take time and we will probably be actively in search of enter and adversarial pondering prematurely of launching Edit," he wrote. "We'll method this function with care and thoughtfulness and we'll share updates as we go."
The announcement got here sooner or later after Tesla CEO Elon Musk disclosed that he owns a 9.2% stake in Twitter — making him the social media website's largest shareholder — and tweeted out a ballot asking if customers needed an edit button. The Twitter Comm account wrote Tuesday that its resolution was not based mostly on the ballot, nevertheless, earlier Tuesday, it was additionally introduced that Musk was becoming a member of the social media firm's board of administrators.
Twitter founder Jack Dorsey, who stepped down from his position as CEO of the corporate in November 2021, has not publicly commented on the proposed edit button, however shared his help for Musk becoming a member of the board. "I am actually completely happy Elon is becoming a member of the Twitter board! He cares deeply about our world and Twitter's position in it."