As Twitter prepares to roll out its new edit function, a look back at the tweets that could have done with one
After years of public pestering, Twitter has finally begun work on an edit button, the company announced this week.
The ability to alter existing tweets has long been the platform’s most-requested feature, according to a vice-president, Jay Sullivan. But the company has expressed concerns that an edit button could be “misused to alter the record of the public conversation”. “Protecting the integrity of that public conversation is our top priority when we approach this work,” Sullivan wrote.
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As Twitter prepares to roll out its new edit function, a look back at the tweets that could have done with one
After years of public pestering, Twitter has finally begun work on an edit button, the company announced this week.
The ability to alter existing tweets has long been the platform’s most-requested feature, according to a vice-president, Jay Sullivan. But the company has expressed concerns that an edit button could be “misused to alter the record of the public conversation”. “Protecting the integrity of that public conversation is our top priority when we approach this work,” Sullivan wrote. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian