Twitter is preparing the ability for users to edit tweets. This long-requested feature was first seen as April Fool’s Day before the company confirmed that it was actually happening. We now have more information on how tweet editing will actually work.
According to app developer and researcher Nima Ouji, Twitter is working on timer when you edit a tweetand it will appear when you edit it.
It’s not clear at this point if users will have 30 minutes to edit the tweet or if it’s just a placeholder for an official release. Other platforms have a different approach. Facebook allows you to edit any post without problems, although it will show the mark “edited”. Instagram, on the other hand, doesn’t show up when you’re editing a caption, for example.
Another interesting discovery of Ouji is that you won’t be able to like, retweet or reply to an old version of an edited tweet. This means it will almost look like a deleted tweet, as you will only be able to interact with the newest version of that tweet.
In April, he reported Jane Manchun Wong’s findings about being able to edit tweets, which confirm Ouji’s recent report.
According to her, tweets will remain “unchanged” even after the introduction of the “Edit Tweet” feature. Wong explains based on his findings that instead of editing the original tweet, the platform will create a new tweet with a different ID. Moreover, Twitter will keep a record of the original tweet, as well as any previous changes made by the user.
Last but not least, has already introduced the tweet editing interface. In addition to that, it’s important to note that, for now, the ability to edit tweets will apparently only be available to Twitter Blue subscribers.
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