Twitter Tests Edit Button, Says Work Began Before Musk Poll
- Users tell top holder and new director they want the feature
- Company will learn what’s possible in the coming months
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Twitter Inc. said it’s starting internal testing of an edit button, and that work on the feature began last year -- before new top shareholder and board member Elon Musk polled users on the topic.
The ability to edit tweets after posting them has been the most-requested feature for many years, Jay Sullivan, Twitter’s head of consumer product, wrote in a thread elaborating on the company’s announcement. Roughly 74% of the more than 4.4 million votes cast in Musk’s poll this week were in favor of adding the functionality.