Twitter Removes Moments Feature, Changes Verification Price

On Thursday, Twitter announced on a tweet the removal of the Moments feature as part of its efforts to improve the platform.

The website launched the tool in 2015 after the social media’s former Chief, Dick Costolo, departed.

During that time, Moments was used as a means to highlight the importance of content. However, most users gradually lost interest in the feature despite the promising initial response.

In 2017, Twitter replaced the feature with Explore before removing it for mobile devices a year later.

Nevertheless, users could still create Moments on a desktop, although not many people were using it at that time.

According to Twitter, it is still possible to view past Moments, but the users will not be able to create new ones.

Following this announcement, the website was flooded with over 16,000 tweets criticizing the platform’s decision.

One post replied that removing the tool was a mistake as both big and small creators use it to organize their work.

Consequently, some users said that they found the tool useful despite gathering little attention.

In particular, Moments found its niche with news organizations and several content creators that were active on the platform.

Meanwhile, other users asked the website to bring the feature back and improve the functionality instead of removing it.

Verification Price of Twitter to Change

Twitter plans to have varying prices for iPhone and website users upon relaunching its Blue subscription product.

According to the report, the verification plan will range between $7.99 to $11.00 when paid through the iPhone app and $7.00 for other websites.

Furthermore, the decision was probably a pushback against Apple’s 30.00% commission fee on its apps.

Consequently, the lower price on the website would likely drive users away from using iPhones when signing up.

Previously, Twitter CEO Elon Musk criticized Apple for its 30.00% cut for developers in its app store.

In addition, the billionaire mentioned that he would rather go to war than pay the commission.

Nevertheless, the issue was later resolved when Musk met the iPhone maker’s CEO at the company’s headquarters.