TweetDeck is an excellent platform to have in your app and software collection on your mobile or PC if you want to stay ahead of what’s trending and everything the people you are following on Twitter are up to.
TweetDeck offers a better and more convenient Twitter experience by allowing users to view multiple timelines in a singular and straightforward interface. It lets users monitor several accounts at once.
Launched over a decade ago and acquired by Twitter in 2011 – adding it to its interface – the platform has long ranked as one of the most popular Twitter clients by the percentage of tweets posted, together with the official Twitter web client, and the official apps for Android and iPhone. TweetDeck is used by several people worldwide, perhaps including you, who are reading this news.
However, soon, you must get verified on Twitter before you can use TweetDeck. Like this or not?
Get verified first
Twitter announced today that TweetDeck would only be available to “verified” Twitterati beginning next month.
Twitter Support announced this in a tweet alongside the news that it is launching a “new” and “improved” version of TweetDeck with various new features.
This move is part of the recent policy changes since billionaire Elon Musk bought Twitter last year, along with layoffs and ramping up the platform’s paid-for subscriptions in the hopes that it will bring more profit to it.
Verified users on Twitter are those who have paid to get the blue check mark, though Musk has granted this blue check mark to some users, and others keep it from the previous administration.
Getting verified costs $11 per month in the United States, around $14 in the United Kingdom, and around $13 in Australia.
TweetDeck is capable of showing messages in columns. Its search and posting functions work differently than Twitter.
But, even before this change becomes effective, many current TweetDeck users could not see posts last weekend.
What netizens think
This news about the changes in Twitter and its TweetDeck’s policies has brought in a slew of reactions from netizens. Some like it, while others condemn it.
Netizen @CriticalCupcake responded to Twitter Support’s announcement, saying, “You never actually used [TweetDeck, did you?!’ You’ve made it significantly harder to engage with people without the fine control to filter notifications and messages.
Another netizen, @videotechx, is also pessimistic about this move. They tweeted, “Wow, you’re really lame for locking TweetDeck under a paywall. God, you suck so much.”
Netizen @its_menieb said this change “doesn’t make any sense.”
He tweeted, “TweetDeck has been free for 15 years, locking it behind a paywall doesn’t make any sense.”
Meanwhile, others are supporting this move, such as @StockViking, who tweeted, “Cool! I like how you’re making it accessible only to Twitter Blue. You get what you pay for. (thumbs-up emoji)”
“Thank you Elon,” tweeted @emrepuzo.
What do you think about this?
