Wouldn't that handicap Twitter as a source of breaking news? I suppose you could have a "Make live" button to skip the edit window, but that's what the site effectively has currently.
Also, I think people typically want to edit in response to something pointed out in a reply. Like if someone tweets "The Earth is crowded! 7 billion people and counting..." and in a reply someone links to https://www.census.gov/popclock/world and points out there are ~7.8B people, the author might want an Edit button to keep the intent of the Tweet, but clarify the info:. For example, revising it to say: "The Earth is crowded! 7.8 billion people and counting..." An edit button that disappears once the tweet goes live wouldn't address that problem.
Wouldn't that handicap Twitter as a source of breaking news? I suppose you could have a "Make live" button to skip the edit window, but that's what the site effectively has currently.
Also, I think people typically want to edit in response to something pointed out in a reply. Like if someone tweets "The Earth is crowded! 7 billion people and counting..." and in a reply someone links to https://www.census.gov/popclock/world and points out there are ~7.8B people, the author might want an Edit button to keep the intent of the Tweet, but clarify the info:. For example, revising it to say: "The Earth is crowded! 7.8 billion people and counting..." An edit button that disappears once the tweet goes live wouldn't address that problem.