Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey Finally Realises People Want Edit Button, Says They're Working On It
Right now, there¡¯s only one possible way to fix a mistake in a tweet, but that involves a time machine that no one¡¯s built yet. Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey finally seems to realise that¡¯s a thing people want, and shed some light during a trip to India.
Right now, there's only one possible way to fix a mistake in a tweet, but that involves a time machine that no one's built yet.
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey finally seems to realise that's a thing people want, and decided to shed some light during a trip to India on Monday.
Speaking at an IIT Delhi event, Dorsey said the company is actually looking at how to implement a way to edit tweets for typos. Particularly, he says, they have to carefully consider the use cases it might see.
"You have to pay attention to what are the use cases for the edit button," he said. "A lot of people want the edit button because they want to quickly fix a mistake they made. Like a misspelling or tweeting the wrong URL. That's a lot more achievable than allowing people to edit any tweet all the way back in time."
Jack Dorsey, the Co Founder & CEO of Twitter dropped in to chat this morning. Twitter has grown into the most dominant ¡°conversations¡± platform globally. Jack explained some of the steps being taken to keep those conversations healthy & to tackle the menace of fake news. @jack pic.twitter.com/TCkj6st4rl
¡ª Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) November 12, 2018
That's obviously a point contention, given the nature of Twitter. Given the ability, anyone could abuse the feature to alter a controversial or damning statement when highlighted later on. Though they could still just delete a tweet, it at least shows Twitter is rightly valuing accountability. And this is especially important in the US, where the obsessive tweets of President Trump are considered presidential record .
Jack Dorsey, the Co Founder & CEO of Twitter dropped in to chat this morning. Twitter has grown into the most dominant ¡°conversations¡± platform globally. Jack explained some of the steps being taken to keep those conversations healthy & to tackle the menace of fake news. @jack pic.twitter.com/TCkj6st4rl
¡ª Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) November 12, 2018
"We have been considering this for a while and we have to do in the right way. We can't just rush it out. We can't make something which is distracting or takes anything away from the public record," the Twitter CEO said.
