alyaza [they/she]M to Technology@beehaw.org • 2 years agoTwitter’s edit button is rolling out in the US for paying subscriberswww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down10
arrow-up19arrow-down1external-linkTwitter’s edit button is rolling out in the US for paying subscriberswww.theverge.comalyaza [they/she]M to Technology@beehaw.org • 2 years agomessage-square4fedilink
minus-squareMarxism-Fennekinismlink5•2 years agoGreat, so the politicians and influencers get to cover up their fuckups and then gaslight the rest of us.
minus-squareHelix 🧬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-squareMarxism-Fennekinismlink2•edit-22 years agoEven so, being able to edit a tweet has way more gaslighting and deception potential than merely deleting it.
minus-squareHelix 🧬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.