business news Twitter: one of the best features could become paid
Social network used by many individuals around the world, Twitter can be consumed in several different ways. This is the case with TweetDeck, a site that allows you to sort the entities that you follow. But this feature could soon become paid.
Summary
- TweetDeck, soon exclusive to Twitter Blue?
- Jane Manchun Wong, digital detective
TweetDeck, soon exclusive to Twitter Blue?
Launched in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey, Twitter quickly became a popular social network. It allows its users to declare their current thoughts and serves as a communication channel for many companies around the world. In the process, the TweetDeck site is launched: it is a site, which remained independent for three years before being bought by Twitter, which allows Twitter users to classify the people they follow according to thematic lists.
Very useful and free today, it may require a subscription to Twitter Blue, the subscription plan launched in the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand in June 2021. Developer Jane Manchun Wong discovered it and shared it on Twitter:
The new @TweetDeck might become a paid feature, exclusive to @TwitterBlue subscribers according to the code I’ve come across in the app
The code gates the access of TweetDeck on whether the user has Twitter Blue subscription and redirects them to the sign-up page if they don’t pic.twitter.com/cylyrV3Iwv
—Jane Manchun Wong (@wongmjane) March 16, 2022
TweetDeck could become a paid feature exclusive to Twitter Blue subscribers. The code grants access to TweetDeck based on the user’s subscription to TwitterBlue. If he does not have it, he then redirects him to the service’s subscription page.
Jane Manchun Wong, digital detective
In this regard, it is worth remembering that Twitter Blue is a “monthly subscription offered at a low price, which gives our most loyal customers exclusive access to premium features and application customizations.” as we can read on the site. Features such as the possibility of canceling a tweet are offered to its subscribers. And obviously, one of them will be Tweet Deck, whose home page would have been found by Jane Manchun Wong:
Two major measures should be noted:
- 1 – A link available for “the legacy version of TweetDeck” (although it may be marginalized over time).
- 2 – An “ad-free experience” which would be the selling point.
While this should be taken with a grain of salt, it’s worth pointing out that TweetDeck’s bio states “a new and better version of TweetDeck is coming soon“. Incidentally, the discovery was made by Jane Manchun Wong. This young Hong Konger is renowned throughout the world for dissecting the codes of the largest digital companies to discover unannounced features and is part of this year’s ranking of “30 under 30” by Forbes.. A digital detective who wants “encourage tech companies to be more open and transparent“.
By CharlanMhgWriting jeuxvideo.com
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