Twitter has introduced Verified Organizations, a new feature allowing pre-approved organizations to verify their associated handles. The announcement aims to reduce the reliance on Twitter to be the sole verifier of accounts. Additionally, Twitter has stated that it will stop providing free account verification from April 1, 2023.
Twitter has announced that it will stop verifying accounts for free starting April 1, 2023. Previously verified accounts will lose their checkmarks unless they pay for Twitter Blue or the business-focused Twitter Verified Organizations plan.
Elon Musk, the owner of Twitter, announced today that he will make tweet recommendation codes open source. He had previously promised to make the Twitter algorithm open-source weeks before, but had failed to deliver, and has now revealed that the code will be released on March 31.
Twitter relaunched its Blue verification subscription in December, and launched an annual subscription plan, but Blue was limited to select countries. Now it has finally launched the Twitter Blue service with India, Brazil and Indonesia.
Twitter recently took a major step in its effort to monetize the platform by discontinuing the offering of free access to its API, starting February 9th.
Twitter started testing a new CoTweets feature back in June as a part of a limited-time experiment in the US, Canada, and Korea. This let two accounts co-author a tweet using the CoTweets option, and both accounts can be tagged in a single tweet. Now the company has official shut down the feature.
Twitter has recently introduced a new default interface called the ‘For You’ tab on iOS, which also rolled out for Android later. However, they have announced that the web version will now default to the last timeline you were using, making the ‘For You’ algorithmic timeline less prevalent.
Twitter has revised its developer rules to prohibit third-party clients, shortly after it blocked access to its platform for these apps, as reported by Engadget and the firm’s Developer Agreement.
Twitter relaunched its Blue verification subscription last month. However, it was limited to iOS and web users. Now, the company has launched the subscription for Android users in the countries in which Twitter Blue is available.
Twitter has begun rolling out the revamped interface. The company announced via its Twitter Support account that iOS users could now swipe between tabs to see tweets recommended “For you” or tweets from accounts you’re “Following.”
Twitter relaunched its Blue subscription plan a weeks back, and it is now expanding its subscription portfolio with Twitter Blue for Business. This allows a company to associate any number of affiliated individuals, businesses, and brands with their account.
After Elon Musk withheld the Twitter Blue verification badge in November, the company has relaunched the Twitter Blue subscription with verification, which necessitates a verified mobile number to sign up.
Twitter has announced that it has started rolling out Community Notes, a feature that lets people on Twitter to collaboratively add helpful notes to Tweets that might be misleading. This was introduced last year as Birdwatch.
Elon Musk has confirmed today that the reintroduction of the “Blue Verified” badge on Twitter that was expected on November 29th will be temporarily halted. The adoption of the badge, which costs $8, has been one of his most contentious decisions since taking over the social media network last month.
Elon Musk has announced that Twitter’s coveted “blue check” subscription service will be relaunched on November 29, a negligible delay from his preliminary tentative timeline to introduce the service back onto the social media platform.
