You Will Be Able to Edit Existing Tweets Soon

"Wait'll they get a load of THIS one!" Tweeting can be difficult. We know how annoying it is to realize that you've made a typo after clicking "send", and we can think of quite a few people who might like to go back and make corrections on this or that errant tweet. According to media man Matthew Keys, Twitter-challenged folks will be able to do just that very soon. His exclusive comes from "three sources close to the project" who figured that "it doesn't count as a leak if we all do it." Some details after the jump. The edit feature will be available for a limited period of time (Twitter's still working on that one) You'll only be able to edit each tweet once You may see "limitations on how many characters or words" you can insert or delete This new "editorial algorithm" should be ready in weeks or possibly months There's a reason for all the noise: Twitter wants to give you the power to fix your typos but doesn't want users to "to tweet a news story one minute, accumulate a large amount of re-tweets, and then replace the message with an advertisement or a promotion". The new feature's primary purpose will be to "immediately help debunk rumors or incorrect reports that [users], themselves, may cause by updating a tweet" to reflect on new information. Makes sense. As in the past, Twitter will make this super-new feature available to a select group of top journalists, etc. for a testing phase. Other recent experiments such as the "send messages to people who don't follow you" option and the "mute-don't-block-your-stalkers" option died as quickly as they appeared, but we have a feeling this one will get a better reception. One of the first brave commenters on the story even called it "a publicist's dream come true." Thoughts?

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You Will Be Able to Edit Existing Tweets Soon

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