Twitter embellishes its Blue subscription with new exclusive offers

Twitter embellishes its Blue subscription with new exclusive offers – Begeek.fr

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Twitter is expanding the list of benefits offered with the Twitter Blue subscription. For example, the limit for videos will be increased.

Twitter Blue has enabled new benefits for subscribers, including “prioritized conversation leaderboards” and video posts of up to 60 minutes, according to TechCrunch’s list of updated features. Both of these features were promised by Elon Musk last month when he announced Blue subscribers who paid the requested $8 would be entitled to “priority to replies, mentions, and searches” as well as the ability to post longer videos.

Twitter is expanding the list of benefits offered with the Twitter Blue subscription

Priority on replies is already up and running, and the help page states, “This feature highlights your replies in tweets you interact with.” This appears to be the case for several tweets, with Twitter Blue followers in the replies appear at the top. No one knows if users paying $8 a month are always at the top of the list of answers, or if other factors are at play.

Twitter support recently stated that this display priority “will help reduce the visibility of scams, spam, and other bots.” That being said, some users have expressed concerns that this new system will spoil the experience for users who don’t pay, or that this payment priority will just help spammers, trolls, and others to extend the reach of their messages.

For example, the limit for videos will be increased

The new video rules increase current limits from 10 minutes and 512MB to 60 minutes and 2GB for a maximum resolution of 1080p, but only on the web. The 10-minute rule remains in place for Android and iOS app users. Twitter also states that it may “modify or adapt the original video for distribution, broadcast, publication or broadcast” or change the resolution or bitrate according to the user’s Internet speed.

Elon Musk stated that Twitter would eventually reward creators who publish videos, stating that this could go even beyond the 55% currently charged by YouTube. However, it’s unclear whether this will happen with ads or otherwise. It’s also unclear how the platform will handle hacking concerns as the vast majority of the moderation team have been fired or resigned.