After Elon Musk's Poll, Twitter Says Working On Edit Button Feature Since 2021

In a tweet, Twitter said that the idea for an edit button did not come from a poll that its largest shareholder, Elon Musk started on the platform. 

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New Delhi: Microblogging site Twitter, on Tuesday said that it will test the edit button feature in coming days with select Twitter Blue members and that it has been working on the feature since last year. 

In a tweet, Twitter said that the idea for an edit button did not come from a poll that its largest shareholder, Elon Musk started on the platform asking users if they wanted the option to edit their tweets. 

“Now that everyone is asking… yes, we’ve been working on an edit feature since last year! no, we didn’t get the idea from a poll. we're kicking off testing within@TwitterBlue Labs in the coming months to learn what works, what doesn’t, and what’s possible,” it tweeted. 

 

now that everyone is asking…

yes, we’ve been working on an edit feature since last year!

no, we didn’t get the idea from a poll 😉

we're kicking off testing within @TwitterBlue Labs in the coming months to learn what works, what doesn’t, and what’s possible.

— Twitter Comms (@TwitterComms) April 5, 2022

Elon Musk, on Monday had revealed that he has a 9.2% stake in Twitter and hosted the poll on the long-awaited feature that the company has been working on. 

 

Do you want an edit button?

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 5, 2022

Retweeting Musk’s poll, Twitter CEO, Parag Agrawal advised users to “vote carefully.”

 

The consequences of this poll will be important. Please vote carefully. https://t.co/UDJIvznALB

— Parag Agrawal (@paraga) April 5, 2022

On April 1, Twitter had tweeted that it is working on an edit button which was largely perceived as an April Fool’s prank. Sharing its own tweet, Twitter said “we weren’t joking.”