Platforms evolve, grow and develop. Some are more successful than others, as user traffic becomes more expensive, the functions become more exclusive and, ultimately; they are oriented to a sector whose demand demands certain privileges. Come on, as with any private company service to a high standard.
If we talk about social networks, the present nature emanates from the society that is dependent on it to survive. If we talk about Twitter, whose monthly activity exceeds 320 million users, go figure.
As a result, a more exclusive service was taking time to appear on the quintessential instant microblogging platform. In fact, rumors of a new functionality have been heard for a long time and it has finally become official.
Twitter Blue and its possibilities
If a few days ago we talked to you about LinkedIn news, the professional social network par excellence, now we tell you the latest news of this platform, required by so many people thanks to its possibilities of instant information.
The special version of Twitter is called Twitter Blue and it stands out for essentially two things. The first is to be a payment service and the second, allow undoing and editing tweets. As basic as that.
Whoever is familiar with this social network (which was born 15 years ago, although it may not seem like it), will understand the dimension of being able to opt for these changes. Above all, if your name is Alejandro Sanz, (to give an example of a famous Spaniard with more followers); And it occurs to you to comment on the latest political crisis, but you regret at the last moment the tweet you just sent.
This example corresponds for a long time, to one of the clearest demands of users. Those who want to access this function can undo the tweet, which means canceling your submission, during the first 30 seconds and then editing or deleting it if you prefer.
However, there are other advantages offered by the service that will differ from the free and traditional one:
- Favorite tweet folders; where it will be possible to organize the tweets that we like the most and classify them in different folders to later be able to access them more easily.
- Reader mode; whose function will make it possible to improve the reading experience of Twitter threads through a model that facilitates reading, making the messages of the thread join.
- Other novelties: those responsible for the service have indicated that it will also be possible to customize the application icon on your home screen or choose colorful themes for the application.
Australia and Canada first countries to experience Twitter Blue
The service has so far reached Australia and Canada, whose users will be the first to experiment with their options in these two English-speaking countries.
The monthly price of Twitter Blue is set at 3.49 Canadian dollars and 4.49 Australian dollars, so it is assumed that, when landing in Europe and Spain; translates into a monetary exchange that would not exceed 3 euros per month.
Although it is not official and the price may seem affordable, for the company it may be more than enough to double its income in a matter of days, (Twitter invoices more than 2,500 million dollars annually and has a market value of more than 15,000 million Dollars). This fact would allow the application to continue enhancing the platform with new functions, purchases and tools.
Although the date on which all its functions will arrive in Spain is still unknown, there are few who, for the moment, imagine paying for this new service.
And you, would you pay for the new features?
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