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Since then, growth has slowed down and I’ve watched engagement flounder.
No one wanted people going back and editing Tweets from days, weeks, months, or years ago.
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Threads doesn’t have Twitter’s history or, it seems, its tendency toward hand-wringing.
I posted a Thread with the word “test”.
At the top is a new option: “Edit Thread”.
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I selected it and then edited it as a timer counted down to five minutes.
As with many things on Threads, this takes longer than it should.
I edited my post twice.
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After five minutes, though, I couldn’t apply any more edits.
Obviously, in the case of my Thread, this is of no consequence.
But imagine someone Threading something controversial and then using Edit Thread to cover their tracks.
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It’s a bothersome omission but I’m not too concerned.
If this is recognized as an oversight, I bet the change will come soon.
