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it’s absolutely incredible that Twitter managed to make its first paid subscription service - something a lot of us have been begging for as long as Twitter, Inc. has been around - not worth it almost objectively even for someone like me: a decade+ *every day* user who’s entire adult social life grew and (unfortunately) remains on Twitter. 

I know you hate all my posts, Imgur, but I spent my month of Twitter Blue writing what is still the only *feature-by-feature* review of it as a product that I’ve come across: https://bilge.world/twitter-blue

it’s absolutely incredible that Twitter managed to make its first paid subscription service - something a lot of us have been begging for as long as Twitter, Inc. has been around - not worth it almost objectively even for someone like me: a decade+ every day user who’s entire adult social life grew and (unfortunately) remains on Twitter.

I know you hate all my posts, Imgur, but I spent my month of Twitter Blue writing what is still the only feature-by-feature review of it as a product that I’ve come across.

[[Twitter Blue Space]] [[Keyboard Shortcuts Considerations in Twitter for iOS with Twitter Blue]]

By Feature

• [[Thread Reader]]
• [[Custom Navigation]]
• [[Undo Tweet]]
• [[Longer Videos & Pinned Conversations]]
• [[Ad-Free Articles]]
• [[Bookmark Folders]]
• [[Icons & “Themes”]]

General Notes

• [x] Bookmark folders don't function on Desktop???
• [x] Configurable Navigation is great, but make Home removable!
• [ ] I absolutely love continuing to see ads.
• [ ] Lists Discovery (sortof separate) helped me catch a few accounts/friends I assumed were on The New List uhhh for years???
• [x] “These features should be available to everyone” is the recurring sentiment among the commentary I’ve found so far.
• [ ] All Twitter Users _areShould Be Power Users.
• [ ] Stop talking about this bullshit like it’s unavoidable.
• [ ] POST QUEUE - An actual poweruser feature that cannot be found in any Twitter client aside from the PRO tools.
• [x] It just occurred to me that the app has not randomly logged me out since I paid for Twitter Blue.
• [x] Introducing more preferences is great…but only if they actually persist.
• [ ] [[Mobile Dot Twitter Dot Com]]
• [x] My Jack-Leaving-Twitter Conspiracy: Jack leaving Twitter now is a coverup - knowing tech media would talk about his departure endlessly instead of the details of how low-value Twitter Blue is.
• [ ] Instead of placing the bet on local newspapers like The Kansas City Star, Twitter should take the ad-free risk themselves and offer, simply, a completely ad-free Twitter experience. That might just be worth $2.99 a month.
• [x] Hey Twitter, here’s a brief list of likely hirable iOS developers better than yours.

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• Twitter Blue · Issue #269 · extratone/bilge
• Telegram Thread
• Twitter Topic/Collection
• Twitter Feedback: Bluetooth Keyboard Support x Custom Navigation on iPhone.
• Annotation on Eugen Interview
• Twitter Blue Publishers - Twitter List

Tweets

• [ ] Avery on threader absorbtion - https://twitter.com/echoesremained/status/1460391960536096771
• [x] Mobile Dot Twitter Dot Com
• [x] Preferences Reset
• [ ] Tweetbot pricing and themes

Videos

1. Survey
2. First Pokes Around
3. ⌘ + V to open Twitter link

Images

• [ ] ![Twitter Logo 2021](https://i.snap.as/aGCRJeUq.png)
• [ ] ![Twitter in Jorts Dock, 2021](https://i.snap.as/zp5uCNwa.png)
• [x] ![Ad-Free Articles in Safari - Twitter Blue](https://i.snap.as/7RBw18tJ.png)
• [x] ![Pinned DMs - Twitter Blue on iOS](https://i.snap.as/8aFbZdVQ.png)
• [x] ![Custom Navigation - Twitter Blue on iOS](https://i.snap.as/hu2p7mN2.png)
• [ ] ![App Icons - Twitter Blue for iOS](https://i.snap.as/vNO1FH8h.png)
• [x] ![Twitter Blue Brand Image](https://i.snap.as/F4AODRKo.png)
• [x] ![Thread Reader - Twitter Blue for iOS](https://i.snap.as/SAYPlThr.png)
• [ ] ![STOP](https://i.snap.as/RLAwI1K4.png)
• [x] ![Voice Tweets in Thread Reader - Twitter for iOS](https://i.snap.as/1ia6xNyv.png)
• [ ] ![Twitter Spaces by David Blue](https://i.snap.as/LCiDvTxG.jpeg)
• [ ] ![How to discover Lists - Twitter Documentation](https://i.snap.as/1VbP6m6d.png)
• [ ] ![Lists Discovery - Twitter for iOS](https://i.snap.as/thUdMo2o.png)
• [ ] ![Undo Tweet - Twitter Blue](https://i.snap.as/Qfb0rFvf.png)
• [ ] ![Bookmark Folders - Twitter Blue](https://i.snap.as/VyMNqr7V.png)
• [ ] ![Twitter Blue Tabs](https://i.snap.as/Qs5cIakt.png)
• [ ] ![Kansas City Star Twitter Blue Comparison](https://i.snap.as/ATS5Q3ok.png)
• [ ] ![See Your Impact - Twitter Blue](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/43663476/144753270-c9687e0d-1307-41ba-b403-990923d70acf.png)
• [ ] ![Themes & Icons - Twitter Blue for iOS](https://i.snap.as/935pp2QS.png)

![Twitter Blue Bevel](https://i.snap.as/XR4mJRCG.png)
![Twitter Blue Stone BG](https://i.snap.as/Ohvd6AuC.png)
![Twitter Blue Stone BG](https://i.snap.as/GAq5bVYw.jpg)
![Twitter Blue Stone](https://i.snap.as/CHmbp6pD.png)
![Twitter Blue Planet](https://i.snap.as/LVAPpaln.png)
![Twitter Blue Grill](https://i.snap.as/Zug0oWF9.png)
![Twitter Blue Grill](https://i.snap.as/rfl2Y8Tk.jpg)

Tweets

• https://twitter.com/neoyokel/status/696094018862718976
• Start of thread/poll: https://twitter.com/NeoYokel/status/1459223941575319557

References

• Twitter shouldn’t be hiding basic app improvements behind its Blue paywall

• Twitter smarter, Twitter harder with Twitter Blue

• I tried Twitter Blue so you don't have to — here's what I found | Android Central

• Twitter Blue Is Now Available. Here's Why We Hate It... | MakeUseOf Damn MakeUseOf… lol

• Where the Intention Economy Beats the Attention Economy | Doc Searls1

• Twitter Blue’s Nuzzel-like top articles summary has arrived for iOS | The Verge

• [ ] Tony Halle interviewed about Twitter Blue | Recode Media

• [ ] Twitter disables tweeting via SMS after CEO gets hacked - The Verge

• [ ] Twitter turns off its original SMS service in most countries - The Verge

• [ ] Twitter quietly deletes millions of accounts from the old text message days | Mashable

• [ ] Twitter brings back UK SMS; Vodafone first, others to follows | The Guardian (2009)

• [ ] ‎Waveform: The MKBHD Podcast: Sony Xperia Pro-i, a USB-C iPhone, and Twitter Blue! on Apple Podcasts

• [ ] ‎Waveform: The MKBHD Podcast: Twitter Blue and WWDC! on Apple Podcasts

• [x] Twitter CTO Parag Agrawal replaces Jack Dorsey as CEO

• [ ] Conservatives think Twitter's new CEO quoting 'The Daily Show' is anti-white

• [ ] Washington Post’s “look at Dorsey’s legacy”

• [ ] New York Times’ profile of Parag Agrawal

• [ ] Gist of Jack Dorsey’s Resignation Letter

• [ ] Siri Voice 2 reading Jack’s resignation email aloud

• [ ] Jack Dorsey Was the Soul of Twitter - (No.)

• [ ] New Lists Lookup Functionality - Twitter Roadmap (Trello)

• [x] Scroll is shutting down in "approximately" 30 days to become part of Twitter Blue | The Verge

• [x] Scroll, the ad-free news startup, tests a limited partnership with McClatchy | Nieman Lab

• [x] More worrisome circulation figures for The Kansas City Star

• [ ] Twitter Has a New CEO; What About a New Business Model?

• [ ] Twitter API endpoint map

Better Tweetdeck Configuration

https://gist.github.com/extratone/a4dd8bb4fe1f1a8891993a9e4b3532da