And those people should've been ignored. I feel like I'm the only person who actually used twitter back then and still remembers its original purpose. The restrictive character limit and lack of editing were deliberate features.
The reason they're adding an edit button now is the same reason they relaxed other deliberate restrictions before: money.
I've always wanted an edit button and I don't think it detracts from the "model" of twitter. Like GitHub, it should let you look at edit history though, because there are certainly interesting (and potentially terrible) implications to letting people edit stuff after the fact.
>it should let you look at edit history though, because there are certainly interesting (and potentially terrible) implications to letting people edit stuff after the fact.
It won't though, I think we all know that. The only way it can work is if editing is restricted to within a few minutes of the tweet being posted.
I can already imagine the drama and awkward situations that will inevitably arise from things like editing tweets in response to replies.
It does not contradict anything you said, just want to add IIRC the character limit of 140 characters was a limitation of sms (that they embraced). At the time there was all this talk about real time/streaming platforms. Someone at an event could post on twitter via sms and break the news first.
And those people should've been ignored. I feel like I'm the only person who actually used twitter back then and still remembers its original purpose. The restrictive character limit and lack of editing were deliberate features.
The reason they're adding an edit button now is the same reason they relaxed other deliberate restrictions before: money.