Twitter begins edit button feature testing

Twitter earlier today announced that it has begun actively testing an edit button, after months of publicly discussing such a tweak.

The trial of "Edit Tweet" will begin with internal employees, then be expanded out to the platform’s "Twitter Blue" subscription population, the company said.

The company said on its blog: "Edit Tweet is a feature that lets people make changes to their Tweet after it’s been published. Think of it as a short period of time to do things like fix typos, add missed tags, and more."

Under the revision being studied, users could edit a tweet "a few times" in the 30 minutes after the initial posting, in ways that transparently note the changes to "help protect the integrity of the conversation and create a publicly accessible record of what was said," the company said.

Users of Twitter Blue – the subscription offering now available in the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zeeland – "receive early access to features and help us test them before they come to Twitter," the company said.

Twitter said an aim of the tweak is that "Tweeting will feel more approachable and less stressful.

"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."

However, a Twitter spokesperson said the test will not necessarily be employed universally on the platform.

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