Legendary Jane Manchun Wong has asserted that the “Edit” button that Twitter is planning to launch seems to have an “immutable” attribute. By this, the reverse engineer thinks Twitter may create an entirely new tweet with the “Edit” button, all the while preserving the previous versions of that tweet.
In Manchun Wong’s tweet, she noted that it is still not obvious how or even if a tweet’s edit history will be visible to users. There are concerns about the potential abuse of this technology, and if Twitter decides to make tweet history public, it could be a means to resolve these concerns.
Alessandro Paluzzi, leaker and mobile developer, also posted what appear to be screenshots of the “Edit” feature, presenting followers a look at how the new tool may appear once it is finally launched. He provides an example of how the “Edit Tweet” option can appear in the three-dot menu on the right side of your tweets.
As you can see from the screenshot above, clicking the “Edit” button will take you to a screen that appears very similar to the standard tweet composer, except that it’s pre-populated with your tweet’s text and reads “Update” at the bottom right corner rather than “Tweet.” However, Paluzzi’s screenshots do not include an option for viewing a tweet’s edit history.
Earlier this month, Twitter said that it is working on the much-desired edit button, ostensibly as a joke on April Fool’s Day. However, just before Twitter’s formal confirmation, Tesla CEO Elon Musk surveyed his followers on the topic of an edit button following his announcement that he had purchased a 9.2% interest in Twitter, making him the company’s largest individual shareholder. Since then, Musk has been involved in a frenzy of events, including joining and quitting Twitter’s board of directors and then offering to buy the company outright. A Twitter shareholder also sued the Tesla’s CEO for delayed stake disclosure. Twitter shareholders are currently attempting to thwart Musk’s takeover via the poison pill strategy.
