Alex Omenye
TweetDeck will soon require users to be verified on Twitter, the social media platform announced in a post on Monday.
The corporation stated that the adjustment would become effective in 30 days.
In a tweet describing an updated TweetDeck with additional capabilities, Twitter made the announcement. It was not known if Twitter would charge customers for both the new and old TweetDeck versions.
A financial boost for Twitter, which has struggled to maintain advertising revenue under the control of billionaire Elon Musk, might result from charging for TweetDeck, which was previously free and is widely used by businesses and news organizations to efficiently monitor content.
The change was made shortly after Musk announced that both verified and unverified users will only be able to read a certain number of posts each day “to address extreme levels of data scraping & system manipulation.”
His announcement drew a ferocious outcry from Twitter users, and advertising experts said it would hurt the new CEO Linda Yaccarino, who took over the position last month.
Organizations must pay $1,000 per month, whereas individuals must spend $8 per month to authenticate their accounts.
