Twitter starts testing an edit button

After years of users deleting and reposting typos and mistagged tweets, Twitter announced that it was finally testing edited tweets.

Twitter (TWTR) said in a tweet that some users may start seeing edited tweets in their feed because it is testing the long-awaited edit button.

“Then it will be fine,” said the company.

The company said edited tweets have been tested internally and the feature will roll out to subscribers of paid Twitter Blue service later this month. Users outside the test group will also be able to see edited Tweets on the platform.

Twitter announced in April that it had been testing the editing feature for a year and that it would be available to Twitter Blue subscribers in the coming months.

The announcement comes on the same day that the company announced it would add Elon Musk to its board of directors, after surveying whether followers would like an edit button on the platform.

What is Edit Tweet?

Editing a Tweet is a feature that allows users to make changes to a Tweet after it has been published. Think of it as a short period of time to fix typos, add missing tags, etc.
In this test, Tweets may be edited several times within 30 minutes of publication. Edited Tweets are displayed with an icon, timestamp, and label so readers know that the original Tweet has been changed. Tapping the label takes viewers to the edit history of the Tweet. This includes previous versions of Tweets.
Time limits and version history play an important role here. It Helps to  protect the integrity of conversations and create a publicly available record of what was said.