witter Inc. (TWTR.N) said Thursday that in the next few weeks, paid users will be able to use a much-requested “edit” button.
Twitter users have been asking for years to be able to fix typos and other mistakes in their tweets after they have been sent. People have made jokes online about how Twitter would rather give users something else, like a newsletter, before giving them what they want most.
Twitter said in a blog post that people who pay $4.99 per month for Twitter Blue will soon be able to change their tweets “a few times” within 30 minutes of posting them.
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Almost every other social media site, like Facebook, Instagram, Reddit, and Pinterest, has had ways for users to edit their posts for years.
The San Francisco company is in a legal battle with billionaire Elon Musk, who wants to get out of a deal to buy Twitter for $44 billion.
Musk told everyone in April that he owned 9% of Twitter. On the same day, he asked his millions of followers on Twitter if they wanted an edit button. Over 70% said yes.
People who watch Twitter have talked about whether letting tweets be changed could cause problems, like the spread of false information.
Tweets that have been changed will have an icon and a timestamp to show when they were last changed. Users will be able to click on the label of a changed tweet to see how it has been changed and what it looked like before.
Twitter has tried out different ways of making an edit button. Paid subscribers to Twitter Blue, which is the company’s paid subscription service, can use a feature that holds tweets for up to a minute, giving users a chance to look at the post and “undo” it before it goes live.
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When asked if everyone would be able to use the edit button in the future, a Twitter spokeswoman said that the feature was being tested to “see what might happen if we made it available to everyone.”
