According to CNET, Twitter has confirmed that the new feature is being tested. It’s unclear if the testing would be limited to a specific region.
Twitter may be developing an undo tweet function for its paying subscribers that will enable them to undo tweets that include a mistake or other error – but only for a limited time. The new feature may be the company’s answer to the demand for an edit alternative, which it has yet to provide on the microblogging platform. It could also be used as one of the arguments to encourage people to subscribe to Twitter on a daily basis for a fixed fee.
Jane Manchun Wong, a reverse engineer, discovered the undo tweet feature on a subscription screen and tweeted about it. It would effectively give users the ability to reverse a recent post.
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This differs from the current delete tweet feature, which makes a specific tweet invisible to all Twitter users. Undo tweet enables users to instantly remove a tweet until it is sent out for a specified period of time. Wong posted a screenshot of the undo tweet feature on Twitter. However, it has not yet been made available to the public. She also states that it will be one of the features available to Twitter’s paying subscribers in the future.
Twitter is working on app subscription for paid features like “Undo Tweet” https://t.co/CrqnzIPcOH pic.twitter.com/Ct16Gk2RL1
— Jane Manchun Wong (@wongmjane) March 19, 2021
According to CNET, Twitter has confirmed that the new feature is being tested. It’s unclear if the testing would be limited to a specific region.
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Wong posted a GIF earlier this month that suggested a ‘Undo Send’ timer for tweets that would begin as soon as a user pressed the Tweet button and last for a few seconds, allowing them to undo the tweet.
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The addition of the undo tweet feature could be beneficial to those who are irritated by typos in their tweets. However, it isn’t something that will allow for editing, which has been requested by Twitter users for a long time but isn’t yet on the company’s priority list.
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In addition to the undo tweet feature, Twitter is considering adding new features such as Super Follows, which would allow people to charge their followers a monthly subscription fee in exchange for sending them exclusive content or newsletters. Earlier this month, the company announced its intentions for the subscription model in a tweet thread directed at its investors.