Twitter Unlikely to Ever Get an 'Edit' Button, Says Jack Dorsey

The ability to edit tweets has been one of the near-requested features for years, simply maybe it's time for users to accept that information technology's unlikely to ever happen. That's because in a recent video interview with Wired, Twitter's founder and CEO, Jack Dorsey, said that while the company has considered introducing an Edit button, it has pretty much decided against implementing it because information technology goes confronting the very essence of the platform.

Answering a questing as to whether the site is planning to introduce an edit push for Twitter in 2020, Dorsey replied with a terse 'No'. According to him, the ability to edit tweets will go confronting the very essence of the platform, which was envisaged equally an alternative to text messaging, what with its 160 character limit and all. "We started as an SMS, text message service. And as you all know, when you send a text, you tin can't really accept it dorsum. Nosotros (want) to preserve that vibe, that feeling", he said.

While this isn't the kickoff time the subject has been raised in front of senior Twitter executives, the company has e'er seemed open to the idea, at least, publicly. When asked final year, Twitter Product Atomic number 82, Kayvon Beykpour, said that he believed the feature should be a office of Twitter at some point, "but it's non anywhere near the top of our priorities". While that might take led people to recollect that information technology was under active consideration, the latest developments might well accept put paid to those hopes.

It'due south worth noting here that information technology'due south non just regular users who have been clamoring for the Edit push button on Twitter, but celebrities like Kim Kardashian have likewise been vocal nigh the feature. At her husband Kanye W's 41st birthday party in 2018, the reality star claimed to have lobbied Dorsey for an edit button on the micro-blogging platform, although, the latter is believed to have remained non-committal on the effect.