Twitter boss Jack Dorsey has spoken about the possibility of adding an edit button to the social network in the future, but only when he is sure that such an option can be done “the right way”.Speaking at an event in Indian capital New Delhi, the chief executive said that the long-requested edit button is something the company has considered for a while, but warned of the potential pitfalls.One of the main reasons users have called for an edit feature is to correct mistakes – at present, errors in tweets either have to be left on the site, or the entire post has to be deleted and then posted again.“We’ve been considering edit for quite some time but we have to do it the right way, we can’t just rush it out,” Mr Dorsey said.“A lot of people want edit because they make mistakes on Twitter and they want to quickly fix them – they don’t want to look bad.“So, I misspelled something or I tweeted the wrong URL and I want to … [Read more...] about Twitter is still considering an edit button – but only if it’s done right
Twitter is seriously considering an edit feature for tweets
A hot potato: After all these years, Twitter might finally succumb to the desires of its user base and implement an edit feature allowing the contents of tweets to be changed after they are initially posted. Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey revealed that the company has been discussing how an edit feature could affect the platform. At a town hall event at IIT Delhi, Dorsey made a brief statement discussing how editing tweets could work. One of the reasons why Twitter has not yet introduced an edit button is for preservation of content. Forum administrators often lock threads to prevent users from deleting or removing all valuable content from posts. As a public forum comprised of short posts, Twitter is no different. Removed content can lead to broken links and lower rankings from search engines due to issues crawling a site. Dorsey finally seems to be alright with having an edit feature, but will not be favoring a solution that allows editing of old tweets. Instead, it is likely that tweets … [Read more...] about Twitter is seriously considering an edit feature for tweets
Twitter’s Jack Dorsey plays dumb about editing tweets
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has reiterated that the social network is considering adding an edit function (via The Next Web). When asked about the company’s plans for the oft-requested feature at a talk at the Indian Institute of Technology, the CEO repeated what he said in 2016 about needing to understand the real question being asked. It was as if years of “tweets, but editable” posts immediately following a typo left any mystery. “When we hear about the edit button, you have to pay attention not to what people are asking you for but to the use cases. What’s the question behind the question?” said Dorsey. “So I’ve misspelled something or I tweeted the wrong URL, and I want to correct it. So that’s a lot more achievable than allowing people to edit any tweet all the way back in time.” He then explained how an edit button risks being abused by users who change a tweet’s original meaning. The result could be people retweeting … [Read more...] about Twitter’s Jack Dorsey plays dumb about editing tweets
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey says you shouldn’t obsess over your follower count
Jack Dorsey doesn't want you to worry about your follower count.The Twitter CEO admitted that emphasizing the number of followers you've gathered wasn't the best move, Slashdot reported Monday.He and fellow founders Noah Glass, Biz Stone and Evan Williams didn't consider "all the dynamics that could ensue afterwards" as they prepared Twitter for its 2006 launch, Dorsey noted during a talk in New Delhi, India."It is actually incentivizing you to increase that number. That may have been right 12 years ago, but I don't think it is right today," he said. "I don't think that's the number you should be focused on. I think what is more important is the number of meaningful conversations you're having on the platform. How many times do you receive a reply?" He also confirmed that the company is still looking at letting you edit your tweets, according to The Next Web."We have been considering this for a while and we have to do in the right way. We can't just rush it out. We can't make … [Read more...] about Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey says you shouldn’t obsess over your follower count
Dorsey says Twitter is thinking about an edit button to fix typos in tweets
For the first time since the end of 2016, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey shed some light on the company’s thoughts about building an edit button for tweets. Speaking at an event in India’s capital of New Delhi, he said that the company has to carefully consider use cases for the edit button before making it a reality – and it could potentially be tooled to help fix typos. “You have to pay attention to what are the use cases for the edit button. A lot of people want the edit button because they want to quickly fix a mistake they made. Like a misspelling or tweeting the wrong URL. That’s a lot more achievable than allowing people to edit any tweet all the way back in time,” Dorsey said. Do you like good gadgets? Those sweet cool gadgets? Oh, yeah He added that Twitter will ideally prevent unlimited editing, because then anyone could abuse the feature to alter their controversial or damning statements later on. Dorsey noted that the company wants to … [Read more...] about Dorsey says Twitter is thinking about an edit button to fix typos in tweets