Twitter is finally testing the edit button

Twitter is finally testing an edit button, a tool that’s been confirmed to be the social app’s most requested feature for a while now. As the name of this feature suggests, it will allow people to edit the contents of their tweets while keeping a history of previous versions of the tweet. The Edit Tweet button is currently being tested internally which means it won’t be immediately visible to actual Twitter users, but testing will soon expand to more Twitter users. The news of this option to properly edit tweets…

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Twitter ‘Edit’ button coming soon, but I’m not too happy

Twitter is testing an Edit button, and while some may be excited about the possibility, I’m treating this button with some caution. Even Twitter says it will require careful deliberation, and admits there is potential for abuse with the “edit” option. On the face of it, the Edit button looks simple: an easy tool to fix all those typos we tend to make in our tweets. But given how Twitter functions as a public platform, where everyone β€” from government officials to newsrooms to celebrities β€” posts their opinions and…

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