It’s five years too late for Donald Trump’s “covfefe” tweet, but an edit button is finally coming to Twitter.The social media giant has announced it will roll out an editing feature to subscribers of its premium Twitter Blue service later this month.The company says it’s been testing the feature internally, which it said is one of the most requested features to date.So can any tweet be edited?Yes, but only for a certain period of time.The edit function will give users 30 minutes to make changes to their 280-character messages such as fixing typos or adding hashtags after first publishing a tweet.Users won’t get just one chance to fix their mistakes, with the social media company saying tweets will soon be able to be edited “a few times” within the limited time frame.For years, Twitter users have demanded the ability to edit their tweets after publishing, in line with nearly every other social media platform, including Meta Platform’s Facebook and Instagram, Reddit and Pinterest.How will I know a tweet has been edited?To make it clear that a tweet has been modified, they’ll be labelled and appear with an icon and timestamp.Users can then look up past versions of the tweet by tapping the label. An example…
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