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[ManaByte]

'Twitter Blue' Subscription Announced, Launches in Canada and Australia First

Twitter has today announced "Twitter Blue," a new subscription service that features the ability to undo and bookmark Tweets, a reader mode,...

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Twitter describes the new subscription as giving "access to exclusive features and perks that will take their experience on Twitter to the next level." Twitter Blue currently features:

• Bookmark Folders: A way to manage and organize saved Tweets.
• Undo Tweet: The ability to preview and revise a Tweet before it goes live. Users can set a customizable timer of up to 30 seconds to click "undo."
• Reader Mode: A "more beatiful" reading experience for long threads, turning them into easy-to-read text for a more seamless view.
• Visual Customization: The ability to select a custom app icon for a device's home screen and a range of in-app color themes.
• Dedicated Customer Support: Access to dedicated subscription Twitter customer support.

 

[Coolwhhip]

Doubt it will do well, twitter fanatics are unemployed.

 

[ManaByte]

Doubt it will do well, twitter fanatics are unemployed.

But they have Patreons and Ko-Fi links.

 

[CloudNull]

This is actually very clever. It’s by far the most requested feature and the soy journalist will pay for it in a heart beat. I wonder if Gaf will be doing this in the future lolol

 

[The Cockatrice]

This is actually very clever. It’s by far the most requested feature and the soy journalist will pay for it in a heart beat. I wonder if Gaf will be doing this in the future lolol

Hire this man EviLore

 

[NoLootBoxDev]

Coming soon, pay to reply 10 cents per reply, 1000 for $99. I am surprised? No, every day we will see a lot more of this...

 

[K' Dash]

You can't edit tweets? Omg lol

 

[donfonzie]

I wish there was a way to undo history, and delete the creation of Twitter.

 

[CloudNull]

Honestly this might be the horse armor of social media. Wait until they charge for anytime you upload a picture.

 

[Ozzy Onya A2Z]

Up next to boost the stock price... charge to delete a tweet.

 

[LordCBH]

“Pay us $5 a month to have features other free services have for free.”

man Twitter executives are so tone deaf and retarded lol. I refuse to pay money to a service that doesn’t root out and ban the pedophiles that use it.

 

[tkscz]

“Pay us $5 a month to have features other free services have for free.”

man Twitter executives are so tone deaf and retarded lol. I refuse to pay money to a service that doesn’t root out and ban the pedophiles that use it.

It's not aimed at you. It's aimed at the twitter addicted jackasses who believe that twitter is the voice of all humanity. They'll pay, even the ones who have failing Instagrams, Patreons, Ko-Fis, OnlyFans etc etc...

 

[Arimer]

Anyone that would pay for this has a massive problem with priorities.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

• Dedicated Customer Support: Access to dedicated subscription Twitter customer support.

I dont do Twitter, but if you have tech issues currently, is CSR super shit?

Amazing how a company would try to paywall better customer service help. lol

 

[clem84]

The timed undo feature is incredibly easy to implement and should've been standard years ago. They have some balls putting a small feature like that behind a paywall.

Still, this is a pretty damn significant. They are the first major social media to go with a paying option. Facebook and instagram to soon follow?

 

[Fox Mulder]

You have to be a fucking blue checkmark moron to pay for this.

 

[Ikutachi]

Coming soon, pay to reply 10 cents per reply, 1000 for $99. I am surprised? No, every day we will see a lot more of this...

I can see this happening for replying to blue checkmark users. They are most vulnerable to trashy replies.

 

[IntentionalPun]

That's not an edit feature.. gmail has a similar feature.

 

[dr_octagon]

 

[oagboghi2]

That's not an edit feature.. gmail has a similar feature.

for free

 

[xrnzaaas]

Next up - a 99$ filter to automatically delete all of your past tweets containing the word 'white'.

 

[Kilau]

Who teh kneeds and edit butt?

 

[Cravis]

You have to be a fucking blue checkmark moron to pay for this.

Sadly there is a shit ton of those out there. They’ll all line up blindly like Lemmings on a cliff to pay too.

 

[TheContact]

Stupid to get charged for QoL stuff. But that’s Twitter for ya

 

[Azzurri]

It's called delete post and re type it.

Walla it's free

 

[truth777]

Twitter has no clue how to make money or how to be anything other than an abyss.

 

[UnNamed]

So finally people can stop saying "they stole my account".

 

[GeekyDad]

That is some silly shit...

 

[Werewolf Jones]

Pay $5 to delete your N words from 2014.

 

[ManaByte]

It's called delete post and re type it.

Walla it's free

Then you have the sick fucks who screenshot every Tweet and respond with "WHY DID YOU DELETE THIS?!?!" even if it was just a typo.

 

[IntentionalPun]

There are thousands of people whose jobs depend on posting on twitter.. even more companies where twitter is a big key to their marketing and customer communications.

That's who these tools are aimed at; and why people find it laughable is beyond me.. if people are using your platform to generate wealth, you look for ways to charge them money.

 

[Dark Star]

This only helps influencer types who have the following and money. They're on pretty much every social media platform including subscriptions, memberships, etc.

Your average joe doesn't think too hard about social media, especially Twitter. They just tweet random stuff and forget about it immediatly after.

 

[BadBurger]

That's pretty slimy IMO. I bet they'd generate more revenue with a $x/month sub that removes all promoted tweets.

 

[JeremyEtcetera]

This is actually very clever. It’s by far the most requested feature and the soy journalist will pay for it in a heart beat. I wonder if Gaf will be doing this in the future lolol

Hire this man EviLore

People would just double post

 

[Javthusiast]

Embrace the typos. Don't give in.

 

[ClanOfNone]

I remember when the EGM crew was using a fledgling Twitter to report on what Crispin was having for lunch daily.
Now it has become a stain on humanity.

 

[Bitmap Frogs]

Hire this man EviLore

All evilore needs to do to make billions off gaf is to restrict the lol emote to gold users.

 

[ValiantTraveler]

Reader mode is nice, but nah I’m good.

Embrace the typos. Don't give in.

Or simply become good at spellchecking. Tweets are short.