Twitter says paying Blue subscribers now get ‘prioritized rankings in conversations’

Twitter has up to date its list of features for Twitter Blue, saying subscribers paying for the $8-a-month service will now get “prioritized rankings in conversations” and the flexibility to add movies as much as 60 minutes in size.

Twitter proprietor Elon Musk has lengthy promised to make Twitter Blue customers extra seen on the positioning. In November he stated subscribers would get “Priority in replies, mentions & search, which is essential to defeat spam/scam,” and earlier this month the corporate repeated this promise, saying Twitter Blue will provide ”precedence rating in search, mentions, and replies.”

An replace to the corporate’s Twitter Blue help web page (spotted by TechCrunch; examine to older model here) says these precedence replies are actually in impact, although it doesn’t reference precedence in search or mentions. The firm doesn’t provide element on how the characteristic works, saying solely: “This feature prioritizes your replies on Tweets that you interact with.”

Presumably, although, it imply that when ordering replies to a Tweet, Twitter will now weight whether or not or not the person pays for Blue alongside different obvious components just like the time the tweet was posted and its reputation. Earlier this month, Twitter support said the characteristic was meant to “lower the visibility of scams, spam and bots,” although some have apprehensive that paying for precedence may additionally give unhealthy actors a simple technique to enhance their messages.

In addition to prioritized replies, Twitter Blue subscribers can now add movies as much as 60 minutes lengthy, 2GB in dimension, and 1080p decision. This characteristic is just out there through the net, and Twitter warns in a support page that it could have to switch “the resolution and bitrate of the original video while streaming based on the speed and stability of the viewer’s internet connection.” Other present options for Blue subscribers embrace bookmark folders, a reader interface for lengthy threads, and the flexibility to briefly “undo” tweets.