The edit button, which is present in almost every application, has now begun to appear on the popular microblogging platform Twitter. However, there is a catch: you have to pay for it.
The Verge claims that the function is comparable to Facebook’s edit feature and would also let other users view a tweet’s history of edits.
“Tweets will be able to be edited a few times in the 30 minutes following their publication,” according to a Twitter blog post. “Edited Tweets will appear with an icon, timestamp, and label so it’s clear to readers that the original Tweet has been modified.”
The functionality will be made available to Twitter Blue subscribers later this month, according to the blog post. Twitter Blue is a subscription tier for the microblogging app that costs $4.99 per month in the US, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.
“As part of their subscription, they receive early access to features and help us test them before they come to Twitter. The test will be localised to a single country at first and expand as we learn and observe how people use Edit Tweet. We’ll also be paying close attention to how the feature impacts the way people read, write, and engage with Tweets,” Twitter added in the post.
Twitter said it hopes that with the edit feature, tweeting “will feel more approachable and less stressful. You should be able to participate in the conversation in a way that makes sense to you, and we’ll keep working on ways that make it feel effortless to do just that”.
But…?
The feature won’t be available to regular users any time soon if it’s only coming to Twitter Blue. Users of Twitter Blue already have access to an undo function that lets them go back and review a tweet, as well as a customizable navigation bar and NFT profile pictures.