Elon Musk announces new Twitter features, users ask for previously promised updates

Elon Musk announced updates to Direct Messages, emoji use, and the launch of encryption later this month, but users want to know what happened to the updates he promised in February

Updated - March 13, 2023 09:36 am IST

Published - March 06, 2023 04:26 pm IST

File photo of Twitter CEO Elon Musk

File photo of Twitter CEO Elon Musk | Photo Credit: AP

Twitter CEO Elon Musk on Sunday announced three new upcoming features on the social media platform but users have been asking about earlier changes promised in February.

“Aiming to roll out ability to reply to individual DMs, use any reaction emoji & encryption later this month,” tweeted Mr. Musk on Sunday.

However, as the updates were promised, users asked about the status of the ad revenue sharing model, which would let Twitter Blue subscribers take some of the revenue for the ads shown in their threads.

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“Starting today, Twitter will share ad revenue with creators for ads that appear in their reply threads,” Mr. Musk had tweeted on February 3. However, Twitter Blue users have complained that they are yet to see their revenue.

The Twitter chief also promised to make the platform’s algorithm open source last week while employees struggled to access the company communication tool Slack, which went down for at least a day.

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