Twitter announced on Thursday Started testing a feature that will let you edit tweets for 30 minutes after they’ve been postedFinally, the wishes of many users who have had this option for years come true.
The company explained in a message on its website: for now testshowever, it will expand to subscribers of Twitter Blue, a paid service available in several countries, in the coming weeks.
The social network proposes the function of editing tweets as a way. fix typos or add forgotten tagsfor example, you initially set a maximum of half an hour to make the changes.
Edited messages will be marked with the time of the last edit and an icon that, when clicked, allows you to view previous versions of the tweet.
According to Twitter, “time limit and version history play an important role” to “preserve the integrity of the speech and create a public archive of what was said”.
“We hope that tweeting with the Edit Tweet feature will be more accessible and less stressful,” the company said.
Twitter admitted it was true The most requested function ever by users and he said he wanted to watch closely how it affected the way people read, write and interact with tweets during the testing period.
The social network announced last April that it was working on this edit button, which it had resisted for years.
The announcement came shortly after billionaire Elon Musk made it. a poll on this topic among his followersTwitter denied from the outset that its decision was responsive and assured that it had been working on the idea since the previous year.
Musk, who was the company’s largest shareholder at the time, made a presentation shortly after. Full takeover offer for $44,000 million It was accepted by Twitter, but after a few months decided to cancel the deal.
Now, the two parties are heading to a lawsuit scheduled for October after the company sued the businessman to force the operation to complete.