Musk’s poll, which was posted yesterday—the same day it was revealed he owns a 9.2% stake in Twitter—purposely misspells the word yes as yse, highlighting the long-running…
What just happened? It appears that Twitter’s new largest shareholder, Elon Musk, wants to bring changes to the platform, and the first could be a long-requested edit button. The Tesla boss posted a poll asking his 80 million followers if it’s something they would like to see, and at the time of writing, almost three-quarters of respondents have voted in favor of the option. Musk’s poll, which was posted yesterday—the same day it was revealed he owns a 9.2% stake in Twitter —purposely misspells the word yes as yse, highlighting the long-running issue of being unable to correct a typo in a tweet once it’s out there for all to see. Unlike Facebook, which lets users edit posts after they’ve hit the news feed, the only option for Twitter users is to delete the tweet.
