
Last week on The Joe Rogan Experience podcast, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey answered a few questions. One of the questions concerns tweet editing to which Dorsey responded with a couple of different possibilities that could potentially happen.
While Dorsey did not provide any solid details on the editing feature, it’s clear that this addition is something that the company is actively considering.
Initially, Twitter didn’t have an edit button because it was built on SMS; in the same way you can’t recall or alter a text message. If the button existed today, it could take the “real-time nature” away from the platform, as well as potentially allowing harassers to post anything that could then be edited or retracted after the damage is done. Currently, users have to delete and republish tweets when they want to correct mistakes.
One of the options that Twitter is considering, according to Dorsey, is to delay tweet sending by five to 30-seconds, a brief window during which time users can make changes. Another option that could possibly be implemented is the addition of a time limitless edit button that allows users to fix errors, but the original can still be viewed by other users.



