UPDATED: Tweet edit button came from browser plug-in, not a Twitter test
Update 7/27/2018 11:15 a.m. ET: The so-called edit button appears to be simply a feature of a third-party plug-in for Tweetdeck called "Better Tweetdeck." Twitter says it isn't testing an edit button, and it replied to the original poster with a GIF of The Office character Jim Halpert shaking his head.
The original story follows below:
Holy Kim Kardashian! Have The People's Twitter prayers been answered?
According to ProPublica reporter Logan Jaffe, it looks like... wait for it... Twitter may be testing an EDIT BUTTON.
This Tweet is currently unavailable. It might be loading or has been removed.
A tweet edit function is one of the most requested features on Twitter — requests that Twitter has steadfastly denied. In June, Kim Kardashian even lobbied Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey directly for the feature — making the most headway of anyone to date on the issue. Jack, is Kim responsible for this?
This Tweet is currently unavailable. It might be loading or has been removed.
It's worth noting that Jaffe's screenshot comes from Tweetdeck -- not Twitter dot com or the Twitter app itself. After being asked for more information, Jaffe tweeted a clarification that she was able to use the edit button, on Tweetdeck, to edit a tweet.
This Tweet is currently unavailable. It might be loading or has been removed.
Mashable has reached out to Twitter to ask whether we can place our hopes and dreams in this apparition, or if this is a random fluke. We'll update this story when and if we hear back.
In the meantime — for all you typo-makers, and tweet regret-havers out there — here's hopin' this lil' button could be the real thing.
UPDATE 7/27/2018:
Twitter said that it is not testing an edit button, via a Jim Halpert gif.
This Tweet is currently unavailable. It might be loading or has been removed.
The edit button seems to be from a Chrome plug-in. Jaffe appears to confirm that this is the case.
This Tweet is currently unavailable. It might be loading or has been removed.
This Tweet is currently unavailable. It might be loading or has been removed.
CNN reporter Christina Manduley spotted the edit button, and Mashable was able to re-create it by downloading the plug in.
This Tweet is currently unavailable. It might be loading or has been removed.
Guess we'll have to wait a little longer...
Topics Social Media X/Twitter Celebrities
