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Coverage dated March 27, 2023

Twitter to promote only paying users’ tweets, Elon Musk announces

Headline from The Guardian

From 15 April, ‘For you’ tab that curates popular posts will feature just Twitter Blue subscribers

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  1. CNN

    Elon Musk: Only paid subscribers will show up in your Twitter feed (opens CNN)

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    CNN's feed description

    Elon Musk has announced Twitter's latest push to get people to pay $84 a year for the social network: Twitter will promote only paid subscribers' tweets, and non-subscribers will not be allowed to vote in polls.

  2. Gizmodo

    Elon Musk Says ‘For You’ Section Will Soon Be Entirely Users Who Paid for Twitter (opens Gizmodo)

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    Gizmodo's feed description

    The billionaire is chipping away at the standard Twitter experience, trying to get more paid subscribers through segregated news feeds and pay-to-vote polls.

  3. Insider

    Elon Musk clarified that Twitter users will still see accounts they follow in their For You feeds after backlash over his plan to only show paid subscribers there (opens Insider)

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    Insider's feed description

    Just a day before, Musk had said Twitter's For You feed would only recommend paying Twitter Blue subscribers starting April 15, to many users' dismay.

  4. KTVZ Bend

    Elon Musk: Only paid subscribers will show up in your Twitter 'For You' feed (opens KTVZ Bend)

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    KTVZ Bend's feed description

    By Chris Isidore, CNN Elon Musk has announced Twitter’s latest push to get people to pay $84 a year for the social network: Twitter will promote only paid subscribers’ tweets, and non-subscribers will not be allowed to vote in polls.

  5. Insider

    Elon Musk says only paying subscribers will be recommended in Twitter's 'For You' timeline and be able to vote in polls (opens Insider)

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    Insider's feed description

    From April 15 only Twitter's paying subscribers will have their posts recommended to other users and be allowed to vote in polls.

  6. The Guardian

    Twitter to promote only paying users’ tweets, Elon Musk announces (opens The Guardian)

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    The Guardian's feed description

    From 15 April, ‘For you’ tab that curates popular posts will feature just Twitter Blue subscribers

  7. Engadget

    Twitter will soon only recommend paid users in its For You feed (opens Engadget)

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    Engadget's feed description

    Twitter boss Elon Musk has announced that the website will only display tweets from verified accounts in For You's recommendations starting on April 15th going forward..