Twitter confirms edit button test after Elon Musk polls followers
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TwitterCompany said Tuesday it was testing an edit button.
This feature is one of the most popular changes on the social network service over the past decade. Users can correct a typo by deleting a tweet and then resending it. This will limit how many people see the tweet.
Edit has been the most popular Twitter feature in many years. Jay Sullivan of Twitter, vice president for consumer products, tweeted Jay Sullivan: “People want to be able fix (sometimes embarrassing!) mistakes, typos, and hot takes in this moment.”
It also happens on the same day that Twitter announced Elon Musk as SpaceX CEO and Tesla CEO. join the company’s board of directors. Musk sent a tweet Monday asking his Twitter followers if they thought Twitter should include an editing button after his Twitter stake of 9.2% was disclosed in a regulatory filing.
The message was retweeted by Parag AgrawalTwitter’s CEO currently, John McDonnell, said that the poll had important consequences.
Jack Dorsey (CEO) and Twitter founder Jack Dorsey stated that the company will “continue to grow in 2020.”probably neverYou can add an edit button.
Sullivan made the announcement Tuesday about the potential for the edit button to raise the number of misleading content on Twitter.
“Protecting that integrity in public conversation is our highest priority when approaching this work,” Sullivan tweets. It will take some time, so we’ll be seeking out adversarial and other input before launching Edit.
Twitter Blue subscriptions costing $3 per monthly have immediate access to a feature which allows them to quickly correct any tweets before they are sent to public.
Twitter shares ended up over 2% Tuesday. This makes it one of tech’s best performing stocks. The move caps an increase of 27% on Monday, after Musk purchased shares.
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