Many users were surprised when they went to sign into Tweetdeck on Tuesday and were directed to a sign-up page for X Premium, the site’s subscription service.
The company formerly known as Twitter has revoked free access to TweetDeck, a tool for power users used primarily by journalists, and is now directing users to a sales page for X Premium, the company’s new name for the subscription service it formerly called Twitter Blue.
“Well, Elon’s company just took away my tweetdeck,” posted Kevin Grout, a marketer in Victoria, British Columbia. “That just might be the nail in the coffin of this site for me. Why did he have to come along and destroy something that has been an integral comms tool for me for nearly 15 years?”TweetDeck provided users the ability to follow multiple feeds and lists simultaneously and to easily spin up a real-time news feed based on topics or geographic areas.
Andrew Dyer, a military and veterans affairs reporter at KPBS News in San Diego, said he relies on TweetDeck daily to do his job. It’s the only platform that allows him to simultaneously monitor breaking news topics and hyper niche lists with information on his areas of coverage. “It’s totally invaluable and there’s nothing that replaces it,” he said. “It gives you real time situational awareness of the news.”But he said he was unlikely to sign up for X Premium.
Legum said he doesn’t plan to pay for X Premium, but that he might change his mind because there are few alternatives to TweetDeck.
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