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Juli Clover<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Under In-App Purchases, there’s now a “Twitter Blue” option that’s priced at $2.99, though the feature does not appear to be live in the iOS app at this time.<\/p>

[…]<\/p>

Twitter Blue will include an “Undo Tweet” option that holds a tweet for a set period of time before sending it out so you can choose to undo it, and a “Reader Mode” that makes it easier to read long threads.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Notably, it sounds like it doesn’t<\/em> hide the ads.<\/p>\n\n

Update (2021-06-04): Twitter<\/a> (MacRumors<\/a>):<\/p>\n

\n

Starting today, we will be rolling out our first iteration of Twitter Blue in Australia and Canada.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Nick Heer<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Think about all of the things that Twitter could do with a paid subscription — chronological timeline, editable tweets, fewer or no ads — and then look at Twitter Blue. Entirely not compelling.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

See also: Hacker News<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n

Update (2021-11-12): Om Malik<\/a>:<\/p>\n

A few months ago, when Twitter acquired Scroll<\/a>, a New York-based startup, the only question that remained was how they would integrate the service into the primary Twitter offering. That question got answered yesterday when the company introduced<\/a> Twitter Blue, a premium offering in its major markets, including the United States.<\/p>

[…]<\/p>

When you subscribe — I did — on the web, you get an additional icon in the right-hand menu that says Top Articles. When you go to Top Articles, you see a list of much-shared articles shared by those whom you follow.<\/p>

[…]<\/p>

The ad-free reading offerings thus far underwhelm me — there were three articles in my entire 24-hour “top articles” timeline. They have agreements with quite a few big publishers, but they are the lowest common denominator publishers.<\/p><\/blockquote>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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