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

[MacRumors]

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

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.

Twitter explained that it "will be listening to feedback and building out even more features and perks for our subscribers over time." There is also a new @TwitterBlue account for keeping up to date with features and sharing feedback.

Starting today, Twitter Blue rolls out in Canada and Australia for the monthly price of $3.49 CAD or $4.49 AUD.

The company says that this initial phase will help it "gain a deeper understanding of what will make your Twitter experience more customized," ahead of launching in other countries.

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[steggerwoof]

Let's see how quickly Facebook follow

 

[nattK]

Give me ad-free Twitter and I'll sign up for Twitter Blue before you can even say Jack Dorsey

 

[krspkbl]

it's about time they done something like this but i won't be subscribing. i have a twitter account but don't post on it (last time was probably ~2009). only use it for keeping up to date with stuff (bands, movies, games, companies, government, etc)

 

[Sasparilla]

If I was a big twitter user, I'd probably be tempted by that considering the price.

 

[RUQRU]

LOL - Tweeter is trash and they expect peoples to pay for garbage.

 

[happydude]

the ability to edit a tweet should be a feature regardless. instead it's a charge to have an undo option gmail has had for a decade?

 

[krspkbl]

the ability to edit a tweet should be a feature regardless. instead it's a charge to have an undo option gmail has had for a decade?

you're comparing twitter to google? twitter is struggling to make money and google makes billions off data they take from you. google don't need to lock such a feature behind a paywall. twitter do.

 

[Goatllama]

“Please pay for these low impact, QOL features that are usually free” LMAO

 

[BWhaler]

Charging-for features you should‘ve included all along? While still being spyware like all the other social media companies?

Good luck with that.

 

[nwcs]

So that price doesn’t include ad free experience? Very surprising if true.

 

[Techwatcher]

Let's see how quickly Facebook follow

Very quickly lol.

 

[Labeno]

Seems like a niche feature for the influencers, and it may cost Twitter more just to maintain the feature.

 

[Techwatcher]

Would be worth if Ad free and gave some sort of exclusive profile symbols.

 

[boss.king]

Give me ad-free Twitter and I'll sign up for Twitter Blue before you can even say Jack Dorsey

I bet you wouldn't if they adjusted the price to remain profitable.

 

[benshive]

“Please pay for these low impact, QOL features that are usually free” LMAO

Reminds me of YouTube putting background audio playback behind a paywall in their iOS app lol

 

[macintoshmac]

I would have subscribed if for the price they would offer:

- removal of fake and bot accounts
- removal of ads
- no tracking my interests and activity, guaranteed
- verified status, after verifying my ID or whatever way they want to.

If I am paying, I am verified by default, for financial purposes, right? So, they could also provide me with the verified status to prove it.

Then, I would call it fair price.

As it stands today, they are simply monetising without offering anything that didn’t exist before.

 

[nazaar]

But wait we can already bookmark tweets. Is that going away for non-blue users...?

 

[Ronal]

These features are lame and should be Included in the free app, if anything people would want to pay for ad free app instead. Not attractive enough for me

 

[bgraham]

To be honest I'd probably pay for this since I use Twitter a ton, but I'd pay for ad-free Twitter for like treble this.

 

[iLoveDeveloping]

Give me ad-free Twitter and I'll sign up for Twitter Blue before you can even say Jack Dorsey

Hahaha you are joking right? I’ve been using Echofon from the beginning and haven’t even seen an add on Twitter. Downloaded the official app I can’t even comprehend how people use that garbage. It’s just ads and everything is so hard to find. No thanks. Just use a proper app! No ads!

 

[axcess99]

the ability to edit a tweet should be a feature regardless. instead it's a charge to have an undo option gmail has had for a decade?

doesn't sound like an edit so much as just a built-in delay/cancel on the "send" action.

 

[JetLaw]

I can‘t to not give any of my money to that horrible company.

 

[Ted Lasso]

I'm a regular Twitter user, but I can't see this being a winner.

 

[Alfredo_Delgado]

Back when twitter thought they were a platform, or pretended to be, I would have entertained paid offerings.