twitter today announced The company’s Twitter Blue subscription option resumes on Monday for $8/month on the web and $11/month on the iOS app. Higher prices for iOS will help offset the 15% to 30% cuts Apple receives from subscriptions paid through the App Store — Twitter owner criticized Elon Musk for being too expensive
Twitter Blue subscribers will receive a blue check mark next to their name, but only after verifying their phone number and reviewing their account. Other perks include a reader mode for editing tweets, uploading high-definition 1080p videos of him, and reading tweet-her threads with ease. Subscribers who change their username, display name, or profile picture will temporarily lose the blue check mark until their account is reviewed again.
Twitter suspended new Blue subscriptions last month after accounts with blue checkmarks were used to impersonate businesses, celebrities and other public figures. The only requirement to get the blue checkmark was to spend $8.
Twitter also announced that it will begin replacing the “official” label for brands and other notable accounts with a corporate gold checkmark, while the gray checkmark for government and multinational accounts will begin rolling out later this week. increase.
According to an image shared by Twitter, Twitter Blue subscribers ended up seeing 50% fewer ads than non-subscribers, were able to post longer videos, and prioritized tweets in the replies section, mentions and search. and get early access to other content. New features over time. All of these perks are marked as “coming soon”.
Twitter does not indicate when previously verified accounts without registering for Twitter Blue will lose the blue checkmark.
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