For better or worse, X (formerly Twitter) is changing and it is doing so at a rapid pace. The company still does not make much money and before turning the platform into a super application, it needs to fill the coffers a little. Hence, Elon Musk and company eliminate certain functions that generate expenses (such as Circles), continue promoting registrations to X Premium and are even thinking about making all users pay to use the app.
Very hand in hand with these last two things comes the most recent change that could come to the platform. What are we talking about? Well of what X (Twitter) could soon force you to subscribe to reply to certain tweets (publications).
Soon you will be able to limit responses to a tweet only to premium users
#X is working on a feature that will let you limit the ability to reply to your posts only to the “Verified accounts”! pic.twitter.com/aAdK40WRON
— Nima Owji (@nima_owji) September 26, 2023
Through his X account, application analyst Nima Owij revealed what could be a new privacy settings in X. This is a new option in the ‘menu’Who can respond?‘, which is currently only available to developers.
You probably know this, but X has long allowed us to decide which people can respond to one publication or another. Until now there were three options: ‘Everyone’, ‘People you follow’ and ‘Only the people you mention’.
However, a fourth option called ‘Verified Accounts’ would now be added. As you can imagine, By checking it, only users with an X Premium subscription will be able to comment your post, no one else.
Of course, as in other options Anyone can quote the original tweet or repost it without complying with the limitation, which only applies to responses. Taking this into account, there are still ways to interact with the original tweet, but it will no longer be from the account that posted it, but from yours.
The objective of this measure is clear, promote new premium subscriptionsalthough it also seeks to expand interactions between this type of users. Will it work for you? We don’t know yet, as there is no release window for this feature.
However, It goes hand in hand with other decisions. taken in the recent past. For example, video calling on X is expected to be exclusive to premium users. Additionally, it is rumored that subscribers will be able to create special surveys and that a new premium plan with a lower entry price (Basic) could be launched soon.
Do you agree with all these changes? Time is the only thing that will tell if they are positive or end up playing against the platform.