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Twitter Blue Subscribers in Canada, Australia, and New Zealand Now Able to Edit Tweets, U.S. Support Coming Soon

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Twitter today announced that Twitter Blue subscribers located in Canada, Australia, and New Zealand are now able to use the edit tweet feature that has been in testing since the beginning of September.

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An edit option has been in the works for several months now, with the "Edit Tweet" option showing up alongside the already available Delete Tweet, Pin to Profile, Change who can reply, and Add/remove from Lists options. Tweets can be edited for up to 30 minutes after being sent.

Twitter in September said that it would test the edit button with Twitter Blue subscribers before rolling it out more widely. Tweets that have been edited are denoted with an "Edited" tag, and past versions of tweets are visible.


Twitter says that Twitter Blue subscribers in the United States will soon get access to the feature. Twitter Blue is priced at $2.99 per month in the U.S. and it provides access to ad-free articles, various customization options, a bookmarks folder, an undo tweet option, early access to new Twitter features, and more.

Article Link: Twitter Blue Subscribers in Canada, Australia, and New Zealand Now Able to Edit Tweets, U.S. Support Coming Soon
 
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https://www.macrumors.com/2022/10/03/twitter-blue-edit-button-access/
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zilchfox said:
I’d rather just continue to delete and repost my tweets. Twitter already gets my data, the last thing I’m going to do is give them my money, too.
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And what if you have thousands of retweets? Delete that tweet and all the potential views you'd get from those retweets are gone. Which cost you real money if that tweet was monetised in some way, potentially a lot more money than even a hundred years of Twitter Blue for some people if all they need to do is change an affiliate link in a popular tweet.
 
I've never logged on to Twitter, and only know anyone uses it because they talk about it on TV or in the news.

Or here.

I heard they banned some people too, but can't remember what that was all about. :rolleyes:
 
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I wonder if tweets embedded in news articles will show the original or edited version. I did a very lazy search, and didn't see.

Anyway, for as much as people here dislike Twitter and love to broadcast how much they dislike twitter, they're basically tweeting:

I hate twitter and will never use twitter. Everyone on macrumors needs to know!
 
applicious84 said:
Anyway, for as much as people here dislike Twitter and love to broadcast how much they dislike twitter, they're basically tweeting:
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Not really.

I don't have "followers" here. There's no character limit.

A discussion forum is totally different from a social media platform. A place like this is an exchange of ideas. Twitter is the electronic version of being your own town crier.
 
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I don't mind that Twitter has a subscription plan. I mind that it does so little to address its main problems, like
  • Too many ads. On my timeline about 1 out of 5-7 tweets are ads. That is just too much.
  • Verified profile. Subscribers should be given an option to become a verified user AND there should be an option to filter tweets from non-verified users.
  • Topic filters. Twitter's algorithm should tag tweets with topic, such as politics, and allow subscribers to block them.
 
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What's the point of a ad-free Twitter when I can use Nitter? It's basically Twitter without JavaScript and doesn't annoy me to create a account.
 
nutmac said:
I don't mind that Twitter has a subscription plan. I mind that it does so little to address its main problems, like
  • Too many ads. On my timeline about 1 out of 5-7 tweets are ads. That is just too much.
  • Verified profile. Subscribers should be given an option to become a verified user AND there should be an option to filter tweets from non-verified users.
  • Topic filters. Twitter's algorithm should tag tweets with topic, such as politics, and allow subscribers to block them.
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Twitter's verification system is garbage. Instead of handing out to Youtubers that have over 100k+ subscribers, they hand the verified badge to some drama account that spews toxic stuff and gets into drama always.
 
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Thebrochure said:
If you have to pay for it, I'll just do what I've always done: delete, re-tweet.
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Yeah, but it's probably more of a thing for people who have a ton of followers. Deleting and retweeting isn't always great if people have already commented and liked.
 
thelookingglass said:
Yeah, but it's probably more of a thing for people who have a ton of followers. Deleting and retweeting isn't always great if people have already commented and liked.
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That is true. But when I get to a million followers etc., I'll just do the more responsible thing and proof read beforehand lol.
 
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