Twitter’s edit button is rolling out in the US for paying subscriberswww.theverge.comexternal-link alyaza [they/she] ( @alyaza@beehaw.org ) MA Technology • 2 years ago message-square4arrow-up110
arrow-up110external-linkTwitter’s edit button is rolling out in the US for paying subscriberswww.theverge.com alyaza [they/she] ( @alyaza@beehaw.org ) MA Technology • 2 years ago message-square4
minus-square Marxism-Fennekinism ( @HiddenLayer5@lemmy.ml ) linkfedilink5•2 years agoGreat, so the politicians and influencers get to cover up their fuckups and then gaslight the rest of us.
minus-square Helix 🧬 ( @Helix@feddit.de ) linkfedilink5•2 years agothere’s still archival websites like web.archive.org and archive.today. If you monitor a politician’s twitter feed you can easily archive every single tweet unedited.
minus-square Marxism-Fennekinism ( @HiddenLayer5@lemmy.ml ) linkfedilink2•edit-22 years agoEven so, being able to edit a tweet has way more gaslighting and deception potential than merely deleting it.
minus-square Helix 🧬 ( @Helix@feddit.de ) linkfedilink3•2 years agoYes, and that’s where you get them. If people do this, you can call them out.
Great, so the politicians and influencers get to cover up their fuckups and then gaslight the rest of us.
there’s still archival websites like web.archive.org and archive.today. If you monitor a politician’s twitter feed you can easily archive every single tweet unedited.
Even so, being able to edit a tweet has way more gaslighting and deception potential than merely deleting it.
Yes, and that’s where you get them. If people do this, you can call them out.