Elon Musk Asks If We Want a Twitter Edit Button

pcmag.com:

Twitter needing an edit button has been a debate raging for years, but now one of the platform's new, and very high-profile shareholders is asking the question—Elon Musk wants to know if we want an edit button for tweets.

Musk hit the headlines yesterday after spending $2.98 billion purchasing a 9.2% stake in Twitter, much to the surprise of everyone. Such a large stake has led to speculation he will eventually attempt a buyout, but for now he seems happy to try and be a bit disruptive on the platform.

Early this morning, Musk posted a poll on Twitter asking "Do you want an edit button?" It's hard to tell how serious he is being because the two options on the poll are "yse" and "no." That didn't stop Parag Agrawal, CEO of Twitter, retweeting the poll with the message, "The consequences of this poll will be important. Please vote carefully."

Was Agrawal being serious, or did he use the retweet as an opportunity to show Musk he's keeping a close eye on his account? With Musk in possession of such a big chunk of Twitter stock, it's probably a little of both. However, Musk has no influence over the features of Twitter, but he does have over 80 million followers. The results of this poll are therefore something Twitter's development team should take seriously.

Back in 2020, former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey said there will probably never be an edit button. For April Fool's Day this year, the official Twitter account tweeted "we are working on an edit button." So for now, an edit button is about as likely to happen as it ever has been.

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