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Twitter's new year gift: Soon you may edit tweets

New York: Bringing more controls to the platform, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey said that the company was thinking to bring editing functionality to tweets.

According to a report on the Variety on Thursday, Dorsey made these remarks as part of an impromptu public town hall with Twitter users, asking them for feedback on how to improve the service.

In a tweet on Thursday, Dorsey asked users what changes they wanted to be made in Twitter.

“Following the footsteps of Brian Chesky: what`s the most important thing you want to see Twitter improve or create in 2017? #Twitter2017,” Dorsey tweeted.

Following in the footsteps of Brian Chesky: what’s the most important thing you want to see Twitter improve or create in 2017? #Twitter2017

— jack (@jack) December 29, 2016

Users made repeated requests to add edit function to the microblogging site.

“The request for an edit button for tweets came up multiple times, and Dorsey seemed to signal that the company is gearing towards a time-limited window to allow for the correction of typos right after a tweet was sent,” the report noted.

Dorsey argued that allowing users to edit tweets they sent hours or days after the fact would lead to a more complicated solution, “including the need for a change log to give users the ability to review different versions of the same tweet.”

With IANS Inputs

Source: Zee News