Twitter Says it Will Add an Edit Button For Tweets Under One Condition, Know What It Is

Ever since Twitter was launched 14 years ago, users of the microblogging platform have longed for an edit button, but in vain! Every time Twitter provides users with new features and updates, people bombard the platform with repeated request tweets that they want the edit button first and foremost. But despite repeated requests, Twitter has refrained from doing so. Also Read – Amazon Driver Quits His Job Midway via Twitter, Leaves Package-Filled Van With Keys in the Ignition!

However, Twitter now says that it will bring the edit button bunder one condition — when everyone wears a mask. ”You can have an edit button when everyone wears a mask,” wrote Twitter on Friday, urging users to to wear a mask amid the pandemic. 

You can have an edit button when everyone wears a mask

— Twitter (@Twitter) July 2, 2020

In a second tweet, Twitter emphasized on the word ‘Everyone’ and wrote,  “Everyone means EVERYONE.”

everyone means EVERYONE https://t.co/nJh5qMV0us

— Twitter Comms (@TwitterComms) July 2, 2020

Well, users were certainly amused with the condition with many saying that it’s indeed a motivation for them to start wearing masks. “Ok, Twitter has now given me one reason not to wear a mask,” columnist Doug Saunders said.

“Ok, I’m going to stop wearing a mask then because an edit button would be utter chaos and everyone at Twitter has always known it,” journalist Michael Tracey jokingly wrote.

However, we aren’t sure if everyone out there is really going to wear a mask so just don’t expect an edit button anytime soon! Check out the reactions:

It’s practically impossible to make everyone wear a mask which means we won’t get an edit button

— Mohamed Enieb (@its_menieb) July 2, 2020

Soooo, that’s a NO then, right? pic.twitter.com/NYJsMFEbK3

— BrooklynDad_Defiant! (@mmpadellan) July 2, 2020

An edit button is a terrible idea and will lead to people changing their tweets once they are retweeted/quote tweeted by someone to make it seem like they shared something awful and then used to try to cancel them.

— Shem Horne (@Shem_Infinite) July 2, 2020

You can have an When everyone
Edit button. Wears a mask. pic.twitter.com/QbXtMILKSC

— ßro olå🍁 (@Bro_olla) July 2, 2020

Alright, who’s going to change their name to ‘everyone’ and put on a mask? The edit button might be worth it.

— Spawn Wave (@SpawnWaveMedia) July 2, 2020

According to Digital Trends, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey had previously said that his team has been “thinking a lot” about creating an edit button, but added that it needs to be “done in the right way.”

However, in a January interview this year, he told Wired earlier this year that the company would “probably never” add the edit feature as it could aid in the spread of misinformation.