Since Elon Musk’s arrival on Twitter, we can almost count the hours, and it seems so the social network of the little bird is already revolutionary from the inside. And I personally saw an interesting sign that among those responsible for the social network, Musk’s manners may not be much fun. On the other hand, something understandable, when we already know that the billionaire is quite inclined to verbal excesses.
The fact is, as we told you yesterday, Musk posted a survey on his Twitter question asking users if they were for or against adding a tweet feature on the social network. And, of course, as it might be otherwise, majority elections, with 73.6% of the more than 4.4 million votes, it was for him. And maybe Musk’s question had to do with last April’s Twitter prank when he posted a tweet stating that they were preparing for the post.
What we didn’t expect on Friday after watching the joke, but we could start speculating that it would become a reality from Musek’s survey, was confirmed today tweet from one of the official accounts social networks in which it is confirmed that Twitter is already working on the tweet editing feature. What’s more, its beta version She will be prepared”in the coming months“ and will debut, as we have already imagined, in its laboratory function, exclusively for Twitter Blue users.
Something that intrigued me, yes, and the reason why I say that Musk’s verbal excesses may not be too funny on Twitter, is the third paragraph, the only line you can see in the confirmation of the official report: “No, we did not get the idea from the survey 😉“. A clear and obvious allusion to the company’s new shareholder survey and makes it clear that if this feature is being tested and will be released soon, it is not because of Musk’s tweet.
Mark country? Prevent Elon’s friend from getting a point that isn’t his? I don’t know, but it certainly doesn’t seem like a particularly friendly response..
Be that as it may, now it is important to see the conditions under which this feature is deployed. And it is so that although it is widely requested and many users claim to be able to make minor corrections such as typos and typos, the truth is that it can be used for much more insidious purposes, such as modifying the meaning of a message once it reaches a certain virality.
So I personally understand it this feature should be limited to minor repairs (by several characters) that the social network must clearly identify that the tweet has been edited (and ideally would allow the original message to be viewed without editing) and that all users who have liked and liked the original will receive notification of a change if they want to cancel these actions.
