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Twitter Edit Button Debuts in US
https://www.newsmax.com/finance/streettalk/twitter-edit-button-blue-subscribers/2022/10/06/id/1090773
Twitter is finally rolling out its long-awaited edit button in the U.S. on October 6, The Verge reports.
Canada, Australia and New Zealand got the ability to edit their tweets on Monday, and now subscribers to Twitter Blue in the U.S. can have the same privilege.
Tweets can be edited for 30 minutes after posting, up to five times. However, some tweets, like replies, retweets and polls, cannot be altered.
A little pencil icon will appear on tweets when they can be edited.
Many Twitter users — among them, Kim Kardashian, Ice T, Katy Perry, and McDonald's corporate account — have long begged for an edit button. Twitter has been working on the edit function since 2021.
Twitter's vice president of consumer product, Jay Sullivan, said earlier this year an edit function has for years been Twitter's most requested new feature, noting that people want to fix mistakes, typos, and "hot takes."
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