Twitter to start testing long-awaited edit feature in coming months

FILE PHOTO: A 3D-printed logo for Twitter is seen in this picture illustration made in Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina on January 26, 2016. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

(Reuters) -Twitter Inc said on Tuesday it will begin testing a new edit feature in the coming months, surprising its users on the same day it said Tesla boss Elon Musk would join the social media company's board.

Jay Sullivan, Twitter's head of consumer products, said in a tweet https://twitter.com/jaysullivan/status/1511457595181068294?s=20&t=KdHMrp-vytjbtnMVN0ZKXw the company had been working since last year on building an edit option, "the most requested Twitter feature for many years".