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After Calls For an Edit Button, Twitter Says it is Considering a 'Clarification' Feature (mashable.com)
Despite years-long calls from power users for an "edit" button, Twitter is considering how it could enable 'clarifications' of tweets, CEO Jack Dorsey said Thursday at Goldman Sachs' tech conference in San Francisco. From a report: "One of the concepts we're thinking about is clarifications," Dorsey said, saying that it could function similarly to a quote tweet. "Kind of like retweet with comment.. to add some context and some color on what they might have tweeted, or what they might have meant."
People already often use the quote tweet option for this kind of thing, but the two tweets may not always have the same reach, Dorsey noted. But if the person had opted to "clarify" that tweet, then the original tweet could always appear with the subsequent clarification. Dorsey cautioned that the feature is still just something the company is thinking about, not necessarily something that would launch. But he said such a feature could help people feel more comfortable with Twitter.
People already often use the quote tweet option for this kind of thing, but the two tweets may not always have the same reach, Dorsey noted. But if the person had opted to "clarify" that tweet, then the original tweet could always appear with the subsequent clarification. Dorsey cautioned that the feature is still just something the company is thinking about, not necessarily something that would launch. But he said such a feature could help people feel more comfortable with Twitter.
I can see something like this happening:
Original Tweet: "Contrary to what's being reported by the lying MSM, I did not have relations or even spend time with that woman."
Clarification 1: "After reflection and prayer with my wife and my pastor, I realize that the interactions I had with that woman were inappropriate."
Clarification 2: "I have consulted with my attorney and I can confidently say that at no time during our time together did I have any reason to think that woman was a member of the Russian government."
Clarification 3: "I realize that the police report says otherwise, but because I met the woman in the hotel bar, I naturally assumed that she was over 18."
Clarification 4: "To be completely honest, the skimpy dress lead me to originally believe the person that I spent time with in my hotel room was a woman."
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