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Author of The End of Faith, The Moral Landscape, Waking Up, and other bestselling books published in over 20 languages. Host of the Waking Up podcast.

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    1. Sam Harris‏Verified account @SamHarrisOrg Feb 4

      Interesting that one can edit Facebook posts but not tweets. Why is that? @jack

      213 replies 68 retweets 753 likes
    2. Stephen Knight‏ @GSpellchecker Feb 4
      Replying to @SamHarrisOrg @jack

      I guess it's so that you can't retweet a view just to have its meaning completely altered afterwards

      14 replies 2 retweets 124 likes
    3. jansen0815‏ @jansen0815 Feb 4
      Replying to @GSpellchecker @SamHarrisOrg @jack

      Just reset all likes and RTs after editing.

      10 replies 1 retweet 44 likes
      Sam Harris‏Verified account @SamHarrisOrg Feb 4
      Replying to @jansen0815 @GSpellchecker @jack

      That's a good idea.

      9:59 AM - 4 Feb 2018
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        2. Jett Lynn-Lato‏ @Jettlynnlato Feb 4
          Replying to @SamHarrisOrg @jansen0815 and

          FB shows a history of the edits so you can still see the original post. Twitter should do the same.

          1 reply 0 retweets 11 likes
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        1. Dustin Irvine‏ @BasicExp Feb 4
          Replying to @SamHarrisOrg @jansen0815 and

          Deleting and tweeting the edited version is effectively the same thing.

          0 replies 0 retweets 11 likes
          Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. Undo
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        2. Ron 🔹‏ @TechRonic9876 Feb 4
          Replying to @SamHarrisOrg @jansen0815 and

          How’s that different than deleting and retweeting?

          1 reply 0 retweets 5 likes
        3. Marcio Gualtieri‏ @GualtieriMarcio Feb 4
          Replying to @TechRonic9876 @SamHarrisOrg and

          When you delete a tweet, the original structure of the conversation (thread) is gone. All replies become orphan tweets without the context of the original tweet. I believe that this is what most people asking for the editing feature would like to preserve.

          1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
        4. Marcio Gualtieri‏ @GualtieriMarcio Feb 4
          Replying to @GualtieriMarcio @TechRonic9876 and

          if preserving the structure isn't that important, they could fix it on the client side. Just allow the users to clone an old tweet into a new tweet and modify it before sending it. Also, give the users the option of deleting the cloned tweet before sending the new modified one.

          0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
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        2. jansen0815‏ @jansen0815 Feb 4
          Replying to @GaddafisGold @SamHarrisOrg and

          Not if it's part of a conversation or a thread or whichever situation where context is needed.

          1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
        3. Peter Ford‏ @ptfrd Feb 4
          Replying to @jansen0815 @GaddafisGold and

          But if someone edits their tweet, that can change the context. I don't want my reply to one tweet to show up as if it was a reply to some new tweet (even if the tweeter claims the new tweet is merely an edited version of the old one).

          1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
        4. jansen0815‏ @jansen0815 Feb 4
          Replying to @ptfrd @GaddafisGold and

          Facebook lets people see the edit history if I'm not mistaken. Would solve that issue in my opinion.

          1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
        5. Jett Lynn-Lato‏ @Jettlynnlato Feb 4
          Replying to @jansen0815 @ptfrd and

          Exactly. Twitter should do this.

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
        6. Peter Ford‏ @ptfrd Feb 4
          Replying to @Jettlynnlato @jansen0815 and

          Peter Ford Retweeted Peter Ford

          I don't want another Facebook.https://twitter.com/ptfrd/status/960218077421035521 …

          Peter Ford added,

          Peter Ford @ptfrd
          Replying to @JDohDev @PBram57 and 3 others
          I'd guess that storage costs are not a big factor. I think Twitter is just being true to their original design philosophy. Tweets aren't wiki pages, they're blurts into the ether.
          2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
        7. jansen0815‏ @jansen0815 Feb 4
          Replying to @ptfrd @Jettlynnlato and

          And that is perfectly fine. It's not your original objection though.

          0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
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        2. Kevin‏ @Intrinsic29 Feb 4
          Replying to @SamHarrisOrg @jansen0815 and

          Could also just have an "edited" tag somewhere below the tweet that displays the original text when it's hovered over.

          1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
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        2. Tom Hyde‏ @tom_illusion Feb 4
          Replying to @SamHarrisOrg @jansen0815 and

          Or: limit editing to, say, 10 minutes after the tweet was posted.

          1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
        3. Key Laur‏ @carl_laur Feb 4
          Replying to @tom_illusion @SamHarrisOrg and

          No, 10 minutes can be enough to get thousands of likes and retweets for big Twitter users.

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
        4. Tom Hyde‏ @tom_illusion Feb 4
          Replying to @carl_laur @SamHarrisOrg and

          Fair point. Perhaps alert retweeters that an edit has taken place (in notifications) and give them an option to retract if necessary.

          0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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        2. OptOutTwice  🤔‏ @optouttwice Feb 4
          Replying to @SamHarrisOrg @jansen0815 and

          It would be messy to destroy RTs when original is edited. It would cripple entire threads stemming from them. Twitter is probably worried it would undermine confidence in their platform, increase frustration.

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
        3. jansen0815‏ @jansen0815 Feb 4
          Replying to @optouttwice @SamHarrisOrg and

          You can keep the response threads alive just without the original tweet. Same happens when a tweet gets deleted if I'm not mistaken. "Tweet is not available / was edited." or whatever.

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
        4. Michael Harmon‏ @vivabuck Feb 4
          Replying to @jansen0815 @optouttwice and

          But then, potentially, you’ve got people arguing over a point that no longer exists. People will use this to game people pretty easily. Intentionally write a provocative tweet, if it gets no traction, no harm, but it it goes viral, just edit and watch the chaos ensue.

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
        5. jansen0815‏ @jansen0815 Feb 4
          Replying to @vivabuck @optouttwice and

          People needlessly arguing on Twitter doesn't sound like this platform at all :) But I don't quite understand your point. People would know that it has been edited. Like they know now, when a tweet has been deleted.

          2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
        6. OptOutTwice  🤔‏ @optouttwice Feb 4
          Replying to @jansen0815 @vivabuck and

          Imagine the confusion and disruption of finding the point you’re arguing about has been altered. I think Twitter simply thinks that’s the worse of their two options: allow edits or let mistakes stand. I’ve made typos before I regret. It only made me take more care in crafting.

          1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
        7. jansen0815‏ @jansen0815 Feb 4
          Replying to @optouttwice @vivabuck and

          If that is their stand then fine. But it needs to be communicated. It is a communication company after all and leaving the customer hanging around being confused as to why such an option doesn't exist can put people over their frustration threshold.

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
        8. Michael Harmon‏ @vivabuck Feb 4
          Replying to @jansen0815 @optouttwice and

          Nobody needs twitter, so anyone getting upset about twitter seems silly in the first place.

          1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
        9. jansen0815‏ @jansen0815 Feb 4
          Replying to @vivabuck @optouttwice and

          Right. Don't think the company should adopt that stance though.

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
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