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Advertisement The East African Magazine Social media app TweetDeck placed behind paywall Wednesday August 16 2023 Twitter bird logo upside down in the background of Elon Musk’s screen advertising an "X" as a replacement logo in Los Angeles, US. PHOTO | AFP Advertisement By AFP More by this Author Social media app TweetDeck began going behind a paywall on Tuesday, with users of platform X, formerly known as Twitter, being diverted to a paid-subscription sign-up page when they tried to access it.X announced in July that TweetDeck, a popular program that allows users to monitor multiple accounts and lists of users at once, would be available only to "verified" account holders from August.On Tuesday, users attempting to access the service, now rebranded as X Pro, were required to pay for X's blue checkmark verification for an annual fee of $84.Read: Twitter to limit TweetDeck to 'verified' usersThe social media firm, bought by billionaire Elon Musk last year, has been thrashing around for ways to make a profit, cutting staff and ramping up its paid-for subscriptions.Last week, CEO Linda Yaccarino said that the company was "close" to breaking even and would beef up staffing that had been slashed by Musk. Related Musk rebrands Twitter, replaces bird logo with X Twitter sets crackdown on automated 'bot' accounts Advertisement X's verified users are mostly those who have paid to receive the blue checkmark, though Musk has gifted the verification symbol to some.TweetDeck, launched more than a decade ago, shows messages in columns and its search and posting functions operate differently to the website or the app.Twitter bought London-based TweetDeck in 2011, with technology media putting the price tag at $40 million at the time. Advertisement In the headlines Is Kenya's Lamu port soon getting a lifeline? This is first time Ethiopia is importing cargo via Lamu since its launch three years ago. Museveni: These are the dividends of integration The Ugandan leader asked EAC to eliminate barriers to implementing a common market that will reignite free movement and deliver economic glory. Uganda in deal with Belgian firm to develop portAt odds in DRC, Rwanda and SADC battle rebels side by side in MozambiqueGulf States intensify scramble for Africa Kenya tax plan to hurt business, economic recoveryControversy trails DRC-Tanzania-Zambia project
Advertisement By AFP More by this Author Social media app TweetDeck began going behind a paywall on Tuesday, with users of platform X, formerly known as Twitter, being diverted to a paid-subscription sign-up page when they tried to access it.X announced in July that TweetDeck, a popular program that allows users to monitor multiple accounts and lists of users at once, would be available only to "verified" account holders from August.On Tuesday, users attempting to access the service, now rebranded as X Pro, were required to pay for X's blue checkmark verification for an annual fee of $84.Read: Twitter to limit TweetDeck to 'verified' usersThe social media firm, bought by billionaire Elon Musk last year, has been thrashing around for ways to make a profit, cutting staff and ramping up its paid-for subscriptions.Last week, CEO Linda Yaccarino said that the company was "close" to breaking even and would beef up staffing that had been slashed by Musk. Related Musk rebrands Twitter, replaces bird logo with X Twitter sets crackdown on automated 'bot' accounts Advertisement X's verified users are mostly those who have paid to receive the blue checkmark, though Musk has gifted the verification symbol to some.TweetDeck, launched more than a decade ago, shows messages in columns and its search and posting functions operate differently to the website or the app.Twitter bought London-based TweetDeck in 2011, with technology media putting the price tag at $40 million at the time.
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