Recall that the micro-blogging platform had earlier announced a much-anticipated feature of introducing the edit feature that allows users to edit their tweets.
However, Twitter has released a new update as regards the about to be released edit feature. It stated that once the feature has been launched, users will be able to edit their tweets within 30 minutes of posting and that they can only edit their tweets five times within this period.
While this limit seems sufficient for correcting typos, uploading media files, or adding some tags, the company might have introduced it to stop people from abusing the feature by changing the content on the tweet on a whim.
The social media company revealed that it is currently observing user behavior and the number of edits available to users in the approved timeframe is tentative, meaning that it is subject to change.
The “edit tweet” feature will first be available to users who pay for the optional Twitter Blue subscription, but the company disclosed it won’t be rolling out to all paid users initially.
New Zealand-based subscribers will first get the feature which will be later pushed to Twitter Blue users in Australia, Canada, and the U.S once it learns more about usage patterns, the company disclosed
This means that subscribers in these three countries might have to wait a bit longer and use the service without the marquee feature.
After the company laid out its plans for the edit button, experts opined that the tool could be used to spread political misinformation or crypto scams.
But those instances will only come to the fore once a larger set of people start using the feature on regular basis. It’s too early to decide if the feature will become a menace or just an option for people to fix their dumb typos.
The social network has faced a ton of scrutiny over the past couple of months over how it has handled its security practices, spam-account-catching method, and child sexual abuse material (CSAM) detection.