Barely become the majority shareholder of Twitter, Elon Musk seems to want to alter its essence. The multibillionaire has published a survey to find out the position of tweeters on the addition of an Edit button.
It is the Arlesian of Twitter. Will we ever see an Edit button appear on the platform, allowing you to change the content already published in the event of an error? Elon Musk, the boss of Tesla and now majority shareholder of the volatile social network, seems rather for. On Tuesday, April 5, 2022, the businessman posted a poll on Twitter asking users if they wanted to see that edit button.
Do you want an edit button?
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 5, 2022
At the time of writing this article, the survey has already obtained more than 3 million interactions. And the overwhelming majority of respondents, almost 75%, seem to be in favor of adding this feature. However, it is very difficult to know the trend at Twitter which had published on April 1, a privileged day for pranks: “We are working on an Edit button.”
The consequences of this poll will be important. Please vote carefully. https://t.co/UDJIvznALB
— Parag Agrawal (@paraga) April 5, 2022
For his part, Parag Agrawal, the company’s CEO since the departure of founder Jack Dorsey, quoted Musk’s poll as urging users to vote cautiously, saying that “the consequences of this election will be significant”. On Sunday April 4, we learned that Elon Musk entered the capital of Twitter with a 9.2% stake, now ahead of the investment company The Vanguard Group (8.39%) and the North American bank Morgan. Stanley (8.08%).