Twitter announced on Tuesday that it was indeed developing an editing feature for tweets and said it would test it in the coming months on its paid service Twitter Blue.
The company said the test will help it "understand what works, what doesn't, and what's possible." ”
Tesla CEO Elon Musk launched a Twitter poll on Monday about whether he wanted to edit the button.
Musk is currently Twitter's largest shareholder, holding a 9.1 percent stake in the company.
In response, Jay Sullivan, Twitter's vice president of consumer products, said: "For many years, editing has been the most desired function for users. Users want to instantly correct (and sometimes embarrassingly) bugs, misspellings, or unthinking content. ”
"Without time limits, controls, and transparency in editing content, editors can be abused to alter the record of public conversations," he said. "As we do this, protecting the integrity of open dialogue is our top priority."
On April 1, the annual Corporate Lies Day, Twitter's official account said it was "developing an edit button." While seen as a joke at the time, Twitter product chief Michael Seyman later pointed out that the tweet was the company's "official statement" about the feature.
Days later, after news broke that Elon Musk had bought a 9.2 percent stake in the company, the Tesla CEO's first major tweet was a poll of twitter's followers on whether Twitter should add an edit button. 73.4% approved.