Twitter has unveiled a lot of new features over the past couple of months, but none of them garnered as much attention as the coveted edit tweet feature. Shortly after Elon Musk bought 9.2% of the company, Twitter announced that it had been working on the feature since last year. Now, a contributor for 9To5Google was able to enable the edit tweet button on the web client.
The ability to edit tweets is one of the most sought-after features when it comes to Twitter. Other social media/video-sharing platforms allow you to edit your posts like Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Reddit, etc. Even business apps like Slack let you edit your sent messages. Twitter has always been a rebel in that regard.
However, that might end, as someone was able to enable the edit tweet button
Right now, it’s going to be some time before most people will start editing their tweets. Twitter said that it’s going to be testing the feature with its Twitter Blue users sometime soon. This means that paid subscribers will be able to edit their tweets at first. We’re sure that Twitter won’t keep it for paid subscribers like TweetDeck.
While the company is getting the feature ready for primetime, a 9To5Google contributor was able to enable the edit tweet button. Dylan Roussel posted a tweet showing some screenshots of the Twitter web client with a tweet displayed. The tweet reading “Testing Edit!” has its overflow (three-dot) menu open. Close to the bottom of the menu, we see an “Edit Tweet” option.
On the next image, we see that same tweet in the actual editing process with text added. Unfortunately, the next image shows an error message. As is often the case with features enabled early, they just don’t work. Since the feature is still in testing and not meant for anyone outside of the circle, the functionality just wasn’t added yet.
Uh oh! 👀@Twitter‘s edit button can already be enabled. It doesn’t work yet, but I’ll keep an eye on it! pic.twitter.com/7hyCAxsSym
— Dylan Roussel 🇺🇦 (@evowizz) April 16, 2022
If you’re interested in trying out this feature, it’s still going to be some time, but you can subscribe to Twitter Blue. It’s $2.99/month, and you’ll have access to the edit tweet button along with other exclusives.
2022-04-18 15:04:43