Elon Musk-owned social network X, formerly Twitter, has made X Pro — which was previously known as TweetDeck — a subscriber-only product.
Several users noted on the platform that while trying to access TweetDeck they were shown a popup prompting them to buy a Blue subscription.
X has finally killed free access to tweetdeck
It’s now officially a Premium subscriber-only tool
a sales page for X Premium now pops up when trying to lead Tweetdeck.
bad news for social media managers, journalists, and power users
— Matt Navarra (@MattNavarra) August 15, 2023
The move isn’t entirely surprising, as on July 3, the company said that within 30 days TweetDeck would be accessible to only verified users. Like a lot of Musk promised timelines, the social network got delayed in implementing the new rule by a few days.
Plenty of newsrooms, individual journalists, researchers and social media consultants used TweetDeck — which was acquired by Twitter in a …
