Twitter finally offers its users the new feature that they have requested the most: an edit button.
“If you see an edited Tweet, it’s because we’re testing the edit button. This is happening and will be fine,” the company tweeted. It’s currently testing the feature and will roll it out to Twitter Blue subscribers in the coming weeks, costing $4.99 (£4.33) per month.
Tweets will be available to edit multiple times within 30 minutes of posting. Twitter Blue is available in the US, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, but initial testing will be limited to one country. Edited tweets will appear with an icon, timestamp and link to their “Edit History” to “protect the integrity of the conversation and create a publicly accessible record of what was said,” the company blogged.
“Tweeting will feel more approachable and less stressful,” Twitter said.
“You should be able to participate in the conversation in a way that makes sense to you, and we’ll keep working on ways that make it feel effortless to do just that.”
The company’s co-founder and former chief executive had said it would probably never provide an edit button.
But in April, Elon Musk, planning to buy the company, posted a Twitter poll in which 73.6% of the 4.4 million respondents said they wanted one. Some maintain it is unnecessary or contrary to the spirit of the platform, however.