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I don't think it's grammar errors that's at the root of this. I think it's more subtly irritation over a valid criticism of a tweet that's got exposure, and wa
by fullshark 5y ago
I don't think it's grammar errors that's at the root of this. I think it's more subtly irritation over a valid criticism of a tweet that's got exposure, and wanting to change wording to alter the tweet's connotation to address that criticism while still making the same point by and large.
- Jyaif 5y agoJudging by the number of comments suggesting to make comments "editable for only a few minutes after they’re first posted", I don't think that's right.
- fullshark 5y agoWell those people recognize the problem with letting people change their words indefinitely, but do see the value an edit button brings in fixing grammatical errors. A pretty reasonable feature I do admit. But the amount of bellyaching over this by many is not because people want grammatical errors in their tweets but because it has the potential to totally alter how twitter is a primary source record of public statements, and words can be possibly changed over time and thus the connotation/dennotations of those statements can change. Given how much political discussion takes place on twitter and how much of it about how someone said something stupid, that could be a huge shift in the platform's usage.