Twitter Is Letting Some Users Edit Their Tweets: Here's How It Works

If you've always wanted the ability to edit your tweets, we bring good news for you. The social media giant is currently rolling out the ability to edit your Tweets. But there's a catch!

Twitter's experimental feature that lets you edit Tweets is currently available only in Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. The company noted in a Tweet that Twitter Blue subscribers in the US will get the ability to edit Tweets "soon".

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Adding "editing" capabilities to Twitter

What would an edited Tweet look like? Twitter gave us a glimpse last week as it showed how an edited Tweet would appear.

Don't worry, they're not making radical changes to how your Tweet appears, but in addition, an edited Tweet will show a pencil icon next to the date, along with text that informs readers when the Tweet was edited.

now that Edit is rolling out in Twitter Blue Labs, here¡¯s what you can expect

see that little icon? it¡¯s there to let you know that the Tweet has been edited pic.twitter.com/Av6vZYuVeO

¡ª Twitter Blue (@TwitterBlue) October 3, 2022

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If you click on the pencil icon next to a Tweet, you will see a history of the edits made to the Tweet. Any person who Tweets will have up to 30 minutes to make changes in the Tweet. In addition, users will be able to make five edits, a Twitter support document added.

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The ability to edit Tweets is one of the most sought features. Twitter announced in April that it was working on the ability to edit Tweets. Back then, Twitter also said that the feature would be available to some users by the end of September. And here we are, in October, finally seeing it in some parts of the world.

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Currently, the edit feature is in testing in the Labs section of Twitter Blue, Twitter's subscription service that costs $4.99 a month. It appears that the company will let users only edit certain types of Tweets. Stuff like replies, threads, retweets, and pinned Tweets cannot be edited, Twitter's support document said.

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It's unclear when the feature would make its way into India. It's important to remember that only Twitter Blue subscribers have the experimental feature for now.

What do you think about this potentially revolutionary feature on Twitter? Let us know in the comments below. For more in the world of technology and science, keep reading Indiatimes.com.

References

Clark, M. (2022d, October 3). Twitter¡¯s actually rolling out editable tweets. The Verge. Retrieved October 4, 2022, from https://www.theverge.com/2022/10/3/23385513/twitter-edit-tweets-roll-out-blue