Twitter Edit Button Public Testing To Start On September 21: Report

Twitter may be launching the edit button for the public to test as soon as September 21.

The Twitter edit button would not be made available for Twitter Blue users for now. Image: Getty

The Twitter edit button is coming soon as a paid feature and now, Twitter may be launching the edit button for the public to test as soon as September 21. This comes days after the micro-blogging site said that it started to internally test the Twitter edit button.

According to Casey Newton, a writer at Platformer, the company is planning to begin the public testing of the Twitter edit button next week. “Twitter is planning to begin the public test of editing tweets on Wednesday 9/21, per internal documents shared with me,” Newton reportedly tweeted early on Friday.

Unlike previous rumours, the Twitter edit button would not be made available for Twitter Blue users for now, according to Newton.

Twitter has recently confirmed that the ability to edit tweets would be available for 30 minutes and for up to five times only. The much-awaited edit tweets is said to be launched later this month.

Twitter is applying a limit where users would be able to edit the posted tweet for up to five times only and within 30 minutes is perhaps to check Twitter users from abusing the feature by changing the content on the tweet on a whim, said a report by TechCrunch. The micro-blogging platform was quoted as saying by TechCrunch that it is observing user behaviour and that the number of edits available to users in the approved time frame is likely to change.

Twitter is hoping that with the availability of Edit Tweet, tweeting on the platform would feel "more approachable" and "less stressful". 

"So what is Edit Tweet, you ask? Great question. Edit Tweet is a feature that lets people make changes to their Tweet after it’s been published. Think of it as a short period of time to do things like fix typos, add missed tags, and more," the micro-blogging site recently wrote in a blog post.

Like any new feature, the Edit Tweet feature is being tested with a smaller group to help Twitter incorporate feedback while identifying and resolving potential issues -- this includes how people might misuse the feature.