Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia – Twitter is currently preparing a subscription service called Twitter Blue. The latest news, this service will be launched in the near future and the price has been revealed.
The existence of Twitter Blue was first reported by tipster Jane Manchun Wong, two weeks ago. The service now appears in Twitter’s app listing on the Apple App Store as an in-app purchase. Jane has been leaking secrets from tech companies in the US several times, including Twitter.
From listing In this case, Wong found that the cost of subscribing to Twitter Blue was US$ 2.99 per month or around Rp. 42,757 (exchange rate of Rp. 14,300/US$). Although users are currently unable to subscribe to Twitter Blue, Wong managed to explore the new features that will be present in this service.
By paying the subscription fee, Twitter Blue subscribers can access a feature called Reader Mode which can display thread or thread into more readable text.
Indeed, Twitter recently acquired startup Scroll and Revue to improve the user’s reading experience in the app. Acquisition startup With the presence of this feature, it makes sense.
In addition, users can also change the color of the Twitter application icon. Users who like customization can also change the color of the Twitter timeline theme, a feature that is currently available on the web but not in the app, as quoted from Tech Crunch, Sunday (30/5/2021).
Twitter Blue subscribers can also manage their favorite tweets into Collections. This feature seems to be the latest version of Bookmarks, but with the added option of separating tweets into folders.
In March, Wong also discovered that Twitter Blue would support the option to undo or undo tweets that had been sent. Unfortunately, there has been no indication of the arrival of the edit feature, which has long been requested by social media users with the bird logo.
Since the beginning of this year, Twitter has been looking for new ways to monetize its platform. The company, which is led by Jack Dorsey, relies on advertising as its main income, but lately its user growth has continued to slow.
In the last few months, Twitter has also brought many changes to its platform through a series of new features. Those features include Super Follows, Tip Jar, Twitter Spaces, and more.
Previously, Jane also leaked Instagram plans. “Instagram is working on IGTV Ads so that influence can monetize their content by running short ads on their IGTV Videos,” Jane wrote on her Twitter account on February 7, 2020.
It’s not the first time Jane has uncovered the kitchen secrets of a Silicon Valley tech company. This 26-year-old woman was also the first to announce to the public when Facebook was preparing a dating feature called Facebook Dating.
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