One of the most requested features by Twitter users is the Edit button, which allows you to edit a tweet after it has been posted. But for years, the platform was understandably hesitant to offer it. However, this feature is currently under development. This button was brought up again a few months ago when Elon Musk was trying to take control of Twitter. After buying shares in the microblogging platform, the Tesla boss released a survey to ask his followers if they want an “Edit” or “Edit” button. After this publication by Elon Musk, Twitter went out of business. son silence. Via the TwitterComms account, the company wrote that “as everyone is asking,” this confirms that the feature has been in development since last year. The company has also already clarified that the idea did not come from a poll of Elon Musk.
now that everyone is asking… yes we worked on editing feature because the last year! no, we figured it out not from the poll ???? we kick off testing during @TwitterBlue Laboratories in coming months to find out what works and what doesn’t and what possible. — Twitter Communications (@TwitterComms) April 5, 2022
The famous, long-awaited Edit button
After buying Twitter shares, Elon Musk abandoned place on the company’s board of directors. As a result, son the goal was not to become a shareholder, but to buy the company. Thus, a $44 billion Twitter takeover deal was finalized between Twitter and Musk. Unfortunately or not, this agreement may now fail. Elon Musk and Twitter are currently in a legal battle. The Tesla boss wants to get out of the deal, and Twitter wants to put forward conditions and force Elon Musk to buy the company. But despite this, the “Edit” button remains relevant. While Twitter has little to say about the development of this long-awaited feature, Jane Manchum Wong, a reverse engineer, has been able to follow its development. While the button is not yet available, she was able to activate this one and show us comment edited tweets will show up when embedding on pages web. “Embedded tweets will indicate if they have been edited or there is a new one version tweet. When a site embeds a tweet and it is being edited, the embed does not show the new tweet. version (instead of the old one). Instead, it displays an indicator of the presence of a new version “, says the expert.
Embedded tweets will show has it been edited or is there new version of tweet When a site embeds a tweet and edits it, the embed doesn’t just show tea new version (replacing old one). Instead it’s shows there is an indicator new version peak.twitter.com/mAz5tOiyOl — Jane Manchun Wong (@wongmjane) August 1, 2022
This discovery allows us to learn more about how the “Edit” button on Twitter works when it is launched. It also shows that the company will continue to work on this functionality despite the challenges it currently has to deal with. cause Elon Musk’s withdrawal from the takeover agreement. At the moment, on not sure when Twitter will launch this feature. But in any case, this probable that before deployment to grand The public function will first be tested by paying Twitter followers. via Twitter Blue offer. Indeed, one of the advantages of this paid offer is the ability to test new features before anyone else. For example, when Twitter integrated NFT, it launched the feature for paid Twitter Blue subscribers.
