Early in its life Twitter was outlined by its 140 character restrict (an artifact of supporting SMS as a solution to distribute tweets). This was elevated to 280 characters 5 years in the past and the cap will go even even greater – most likely for a worth.
That is a part of the relaunch of Twitter Blue, which is ready to incorporate a number of colours of checkmarks. The acquainted blue checkmark will seem for accounts which have undergone a assessment course of (the specifics of that are unclear). Then there might be gold checkmarks for companies and grey checkmarks for presidency officers and organizations.
The blue checkmark (which is the one which issues to people) will give customers early entry to new options, longer movies with as much as 1080p decision, for instance. The timeline for the launch of recent options is unclear, we solely know that the choice to edit tweets might be obtainable from day 1.
The newest growth is that within the close to future Twitter will improve the utmost size of a tweet to 4,000 characters. Given how frequent Twitter threads are this could be a very good change (threads should not essentially the most readable solution to current info). Nevertheless, Elon Musk’s terse reply when requested about this transformation doesn’t reveal whether or not this might be unique to Twitter Blue subscribers or not.
It could actually be a solution to coax individuals into shopping for into the $8 a month subscription for Blue. And that’s when you undergo the website, Twitter for iOS will cost you $11 a month as an alternative to make up for the Apple App Retailer charge (30%). By the best way, Twitter Blue isn’t an ad-free subscription, as an alternative Blue customers will solely see half the advertisements.
One thing that could be controversial is that accounts with Twitter Blue might be given precedence when itemizing mentions and search outcomes. In different phrases, if you would like your content material to be seen by extra individuals, it’s important to pay the piper.
