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A comment on Twitter says it's looking at subscription options as ad revenue drops sharply.

Re:Twitter says it's looking at subscription options as ad r... by dawnerd on Thursday July 23, 2020 @02:10PM (#23930329)
Charge for verified. 100 bucks should cover the cost of them actually verifying people, and allow us commoners to get access to the features currently gated off.
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Re:Twitter says it's looking at subscription options as ad r... by chinathrow on Thursday July 23, 2020 @02:13PM (#23930366)
> to get access to the features currently gated off.

Such as? I had no idea verified users have more features other than the blue checkmark.

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Re:Twitter says it's looking at subscription options as ad r... by evan_ on Thursday July 23, 2020 @02:35PM (#23930631)
they get more quality filters, such as the ability to only see replies from other verified users, or only users who have verified phone numbers
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Re:Twitter says it's looking at subscription options as ad r... by ac29 on Thursday July 23, 2020 @06:06PM (#23932988)
A "member" tier subscription that let you restrict to seeing only content from other members (or verified users) might cut down on a lot of the noise there.
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