(mashable.com) We’ve all done it. Your friend uploads a picture of their new puppy
to Facebook, and you somehow manage to leave a comment congratulating
them instead on their “new pappy.”
So what do you do? Until now, the only thing Facebook would let you do to correct the error was delete the
comment and start again.
But starting Thursday the site is also now offering the ability to
edit your comment — and change that pappy back to the puppy you intended
in the first place. The edit option appears in the form of a small
pencil icon on the right side of your comment. Clicking on the pencil
will bring up a drop-down menu with the option to edit your comment as
well as the option to delete it entirely.
Facebook told Mashable the site will also be “showing the
editing history for a comment so that subsequent commenters or likers
have the full context of the conversation.” That way if someone responds
to a comment that gets edited commenters in the future can see the
history of the conversation and not get lost.
The editing ability went live on Thursday evening, and will be gradually rolling out to all users over the next few days.
Has the comment editing system kicked in for you yet? Let us know in the comments.
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