Twitter isfinallyworking on an edit button for tweets.
“The edit button will allow users to fix embarrassing typos and grammatical errors.
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Despite the official announcement, there’s no timeline for Twitter’s edit button.
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“Protecting the integrity of that public conversation is our top priority when we approach this work.”
“The record of the public conversation” is the important part here.
Twitter isn’t just for baby goat gifs.
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Donald Trump’s entire presidential regime was enacted on Twitter.
All edits should probably be made transparent.
Or users with a blue tick won’t be able to edit their tweets.
Just this week, Twitterchanged how it handles deleted tweets.
How will embeds be handled when tweets are editable?
Will embeds show the original?
Will they, too, be marked as edited?
Its a complicated issue.
And if preserved, should they remain public?
Twitter has to fix this.
Perhaps the answer is to keep things as they are.
After all, whats the odd typo when weighed against the alternatives?
