“Twitter’s approach to Tweet Editing seems to be unchanged, as, instead of mutating the Tweet text into the same Tweet (same ID), it re-creates a new Tweet with the modified content, along with the list of old Tweet “before this treatment,” says Manchun Wong. Twitter’s approach to Tweet Editing seems to be unchanged, as, instead of mutating the Tweet text within the same Tweet (same ID), it re-creates a new Tweet with the modified content, along with the list of old Tweet before this processing – Jane Manchun Wong (@wongmjane) April 16, 2022 As Manchun Wong notes, it is not clear how a tweet edit history will be displayed to users or whether it will be displayed at all. But if Twitter decides to publish the history of tweets, it could be a way to address concerns about possible abuse of the feature, as some critics believe it could be used to alter the public file and mislead users. . Application researcher Alessandro Paluzzi also posted on Twitter what appear to be screenshots of the new feature, giving us a glimpse of what the edit button might actually look like when it is live on Twitter. In a screenshot, Paluzzi shows how the “Edit Tweet” option could appear in the three-dot menu on the right side of your tweets. Selecting the button takes you to a screen that looks a lot like a regular tweet composer, only it is pre-filled with the text of your tweet and says “Update” in the lower right corner instead of “Tweet”. However, Paluzzi screenshots do not show an option to view the editing history of a tweet. Twitter has not yet confirmed the presence of a history tweet crawler. “There is nothing more to share right now than what is on this Tweet from @TwitterComms and this Tweet from @JaySullivan, Vice President of Consumer Products,” Twitter spokeswoman Anna Hubatsch said in a statement. sent via email to The Verge. Twitter first announced that it was working on the coveted edit button earlier this month, after apparently joking about running it on April Fool’s Day. But shortly before the official confirmation of Twitter, Tesla CEO Elon Musk asked his fans about an editing button, after revealing the purchase of his 9.2% stake in Twitter, and became its largest single shareholder. Twitter. It has been a whirlwind of events ever since, with Musk joining and leaving Twitter and then offering to buy the entire company. Twitter shareholders are currently trying to prevent the acquisition of Musk by the method of the poison pill.
