Twitter is working on a new tweet editing button: this is how the social

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Twitter is working on a new tweet editing button: this is how the social network could change
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is a year of change in many ways and social networks have been no exception. In this case, Twitter has had an intense few months, first when we found out that Elon Musk has become its main shareholder , and now that one of the most controversial functions has arrived on the microblogging social network : the editing of tweets will be a reality very soon. .


The tweet edit button will soon be a reality
The legendary edit button is coming to Twitter, and according to the information Iran Email List released by the social network , it is working on the possibility that its users can edit their tweets after having published them.
Editing tweets has been something of a running joke on the social network, and “tweets, but editable” became a standard response when discovering a typo in a popular tweet. Former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, however, was reluctant to add such a feature in the past. In , Dorsey expressed concern that the edit button could allow users to “change the meaning of a tweet once it has been widely shared ,” and in he said that “this edit button would probably never make it to the social network.” ”

But now that Dorsey was left out of the general management of Twitter and after the announcement that the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, Elon Musk obtained 9.2% of Twitter, taking a preferential seat on the company's board of directors, it was not It is difficult to foresee the changes that would be coming to the blue bird platform, especially after the momentum that its new functions have had in the last two years.

Many of these new functions have arrived as quickly as they have disappeared, an example is Fleets , the experimental tool for ephemeral tweets in the stories style, lasted less than a year on the social network after debuting in November , but what could be the impact and duration of the tweet edit button?

A boost to Twitter Blue
While the idea is to correct any typographical or editing errors without sacrificing your metrics, responses, retweets, views or likes, while boosting Twitter Blue , the social network's paid subscription system, the reality is that This action could radically change the ideology of Twitter use, a change that could radically modify the current use and conception of this social network.



Although, as Jay Sullivan, vice president of consumer products at Twitter, says, the edit tweet button “has been the most requested feature for many years , ” it is also true that many factors must be taken into consideration to ensure correct use. of the social network.


“ Without things like time limits, controls, and transparency over what has been edited, the edit tweet button could be misused to alter the record of the public conversation ,” Sullivan said. “Protecting the integrity of that public conversation is our top priority as we approach this work.”

A change that could change Twitter's philosophy
The implications for the edit button on Twitter are broad. First of all, we must not forget that this social network has been characterized both by the speed with which information can flow on its platform, reaching practically any part of the world, and by the permanence of its content, a historical archive that can be consulted at any time and place giving evidence of its content.