Jack Dorsey crowd sources Twitter's new year resolutions: an edit-tweet button is in the works
Twitter chief executive Jack Dorsey is embracing the ideas of the social network's users as the company looks to right its course in 2017.
Jack Dorsey looks to Twitter's future
Amid ad and user growth stagnation - and with no viable buyer seemingly on the horizon - Dorsey took to the platform to crowd source ideas that will improve the core product.
The following tweet emulated a similar question posed by AirBnb chief executive Brian Chesky earlier in the week.
Following in the footsteps of Brian Chesky: what's the most important thing you want to see Twitter improve or create in 2017? #Twitter2017
— jack (@jack) 29 December 2016
Dorsey stated that edits would harm the company's reputation as a "public record".
@jack edit anytime. Users could open tweet to see any previous edits to tweet.
— Anthony Quintano (@AnthonyQuintano) 29 December 2016
Some users suggested that the edits be made visible. Others stated that a time limit on edits could help replace broken links and typos.
He concluded that the ability to edit tweets was one of the most requested features.
This is our most requested feature (today & always). Mostly to quickly fix mistakes. Anything beyond would need to show revision history https://t.co/fHtGNjkuEx
— jack (@jack) 29 December 2016