Twitter has finally relinquished and is in the process of fulfilling the long-standing demand of its users – the ability to edit their tweets.
The ‘Edit Tweet’ feature became a reality for Twitter Blue subscribers in Canada, Australia and New Zealand, but users in the Middle East – and the rest of the world, including the United States – will have to wait for some more time to be able to experience the functionality with their accounts.
In a blog post last month, Twitter said: “We’re hoping that, with the availability of Edit Tweet, 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.”
Twitter Blue subscribers, who pay a $5 per month subscription, in the above-mentioned countries now have 30 minutes to make edits to their tweets in case they make a mistake in the content, or a typo, and will be able to make up to five changes within that time frame.
The edited tweets will have a modified timestamp that reads ‘last edited’ and the time of the last change. By clicking the timestamp, the entire edit history can be seen by those reading the tweet. While going through a feed, edited tweets will display a little pencil icon next to them to show that it is a modified tweet.
“For context, the time limit and version history play an important role here. They help protect the integrity of the conversation and create a publicly accessible record of what was said,” Twitter said in a statement.
Twitter had earlier said it planned to introduce the feature to paid users first to gather more feedback so that it can finetune the edit button’s functionality accordingly.
“The test will be localised to a single country at first and expand as we learn and observe how people use Edit Tweet. We’ll also be paying close attention to how the feature impacts the way people read, write, and engage with Tweets,” added the company in the blog post.
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