Twitter confirms Edit feature is under development
Twitter has a new top shareholder in the face of Elon Musk, and the first thing he did after acquiring 9. 2% of the company asked its followers whether they wanted an Edit button. After 4 million votes, the result was overwhelming – 73. 6% voted “yse”, which is in favor adding the feature.
Today, the Communications team of the social media revealed the company devs have been working on the Edit feature since 2021, and testing is coming in “the coming months”.
— Twitter Comms (@TwitterComms) April 5, 2022
Twitter already revealed it was working on an Edit button back on April 1, but everyone was suspicious about the statement given the calendar date. Communications posted a GIF revealing the location of the Edit Tweet button. It can be found in the Triple Dot Menu, just under Add/Remove From Lists.
Jay Sullivan, head of consumer products, said it was “the most requested Twitter feature for many years”. The team needs to figure out how it should be done properly, he said.
The beta feature for Twitter Blue Premium users will be available first. It will be available to all regular users once there has been enough feedback about “what works”, what doesn’t and what is possible.”