Musk’s Twitter Vision May Include Edit Button For All, But Pricing Rumors Spark Confusion
In April 2022,Elon Musk polledhis Twitter followers asking them if they wanted an edit button. A resounding majority voted in favor of the tweet editing functionality, but nothing substantial resulted from it in the months that followed. As the acquisition drama soured between Musk and Twitter’s board, the companyquietly rolled out the tweet editing functionalityto users. However, Twitter kept the heavily-demanded tweet editing system exclusive to folks paying for the Twitter Blue subscription, which used to cost $4.99.Now priced at $8 per monthand inherently tied to the account verification system under Musk’s regime, editing still remains a specialty of the Twitter Blue plan.
However, Musk apparently has different plans to extend the tweet editing functionality to the entire Twitterverse. Though he hasn’t cultivated a particularly charitable reputation for himself, not everything on Twitter will require payment. Following his signing of the final acquisition papers, Musk took to Twitter to call out its existing “lords & peasants” system and tease some of the features that’ll soon be paywalled. However, it appears that the billionaire is feeling generous when it comes to the tweet editing feature.
You may not have to pay to edit tweets
As forthe feature itself, users can fix a typo or add more content to their original tweets within thirty minutes of publishing it. Twitter only allows five edits per tweet in that interval, and each tweet will have an identifiable icon to show viewers that it has been edited. Moreover, a revision history system has also been incorporated so that others can see the original, non-edited version.
Another confusing bit of information in Newton’s report is that Twitter is reportedly prepping an annual $99 Twitter Blue subscription. To recall, the monthly plan is priced at $8, which comes down to $96 for 12 months. Subscriptions get cheaper when customers go for the annual plan, but in Twitter Blue’s case, the winds are seemingly blowing in the opposite direction.
