Two days ago, one of Twitter’s new shareholders, Elon Musk, published a survey from his account. He asked his users if they wanted to edit the Tweets they shared. Users, on the other hand, replied that they mostly wanted to edit this issue, which has been a topic of discussion for a long time.
Twitter founder Jack Dorsey had given a negative response to Kim Kardashian’s request to edit his post in 2018. However, Dorsey’s clear stance on Tweet editing seems to be ignored by the company. But what kind of scams can this new update lead to on Twitter?
Twitter new edit can cause unexpected problems
Putting a new Tweet edit option may seem easy from the outside. However, this update, which seems easy, needs to be very careful. For example, re-editing an insulting post may result in such absurd responses as possible.
The solution to the problem we mentioned above can be the edit log where they can view the history of changes in a post in apps like Facebook and Slack. Facebook has been allowing users to edit their posts since 2012. But since its launch, it has become a regularly abused feature by scammers.
Facebook’s post editing feature obviously makes it easier for pages set up to defraud users. For example, a user can more easily defraud people with editing, claiming to have had good analytics on their previous Tweets.
The only way to avoid this scam is the edit log feature we mentioned above. However, people may not be very happy with the fact that they can reach the spelling mistakes in their posts from this section.
One of the biggest problems with the new feature that Twitter will bring is that it will spread disinformation. Users who deliberately share false news can easily get rid of their mistakes thanks to this new feature.
As of now, it is not clear when the Tweet editing feature will be available to all users. However, the beta version has been activated for Twitter Blue users. So what do you guys think about this update? We welcome your thoughts in the comments and ShiftDelete Net forum.
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