{"id":504508,"date":"2023-08-16T11:35:46","date_gmt":"2023-08-16T09:35:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=504508"},"modified":"2023-08-16T11:38:22","modified_gmt":"2023-08-16T09:38:22","slug":"twitter-making-tweetdeck-a-subscriber-only-feature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/internet\/504508-twitter-making-tweetdeck-a-subscriber-only-feature.html","title":{"rendered":"Twitter making TweetDeck a subscriber-only feature"},"content":{"rendered":"

X (formerly Twitter) is following through on its vow to make users pay to use TweetDeck, now called XPro, The Verge reports<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Several users say they have seen a sales page for a Twitter Blue subscription (now X Premium) \u2014 when they try to load XPro.<\/p>\n

Among these users is Matt Navarra, a social medial consultant and industry analyst.<\/p>\n

“X has finally killed free access to TweetDeck. It’s now officially a Premium subscriber-only tool,” said<\/a><\/strong> Navarra.<\/p>\n

“A sales page for X Premium now pops up when trying to lead Tweetdeck. Bad news for social media managers, journalists, and power users.”<\/p>\n

However, the change was expected, with Twitter’s Support account, in July 2023, announcing<\/a><\/strong> that it would become a subscriber-only feature.<\/p>\n

The post shared information about a “new, improved version of TweetDeck”, and at the time, Twitter said it would require paid verification to access “in 30 days”.<\/p>\n

In South Africa, users must pay between R145 and R200 per month for X Premium. The subscription is also available annually at R1,519 for web users and R2,099 for Android and iOS users.<\/p>\n

Then-Twitter Blue rolled in the country on 10 March 2023 \u2014 four months after Twitter had launched the subscription in the US and a range of other countries.<\/p>\n

The subscription offers several benefits, including blue verification checkmarks, an increased character limit for posts, and the Edit Tweet feature.<\/p>\n

The full list of paid features is available here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Now read: Twitter rival Threads is bleeding users<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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