Twitter Unveils 'Twitter Blue' Service That Lets Us Undo Tweets And More For $2.99

While some social media platforms and other tech services can go through so many updates that they look unrecognizable, Twitter has worked more or less the same way for at least a decade by now.

Sure, users will occasionally see some changes that alter the experience a little, such as the ability to write more than 140 characters or the more recent inclusion of a tip jar feature. But a lot of the problems that a user would have with the service in 2011 aren't too far removed from what they'd complain about now.

After all, the platform itself really comes second to the kinds of people you can meet on it and the stories they can share with you.

Nonetheless, some users may be surprised to learn that their long-standing issues with the way the platform works may be addressed in a soon-to-be-released subscription service...for a price.

In recent months, tech blogger Jane Manchun Wong was invited to test out an upcoming service called "Twitter Blue."

As she revealed in a series of tweets, this will come in the form of an in-app purchase made through the same app stores that Twitter itself can be downloaded through.

Although we do know that Twitter Blue will require monthly payments of $2.99 for a subscription, it remains unclear when it will actually become available.

In the process of testing the service, Wong took a collection of screenshots that give us some insight into what features will be included.

Despite the name, Twitter Blue will apparently let users customize both the color of the app's overall presentation and its icon.

Options seemed fairly limited during Wong's test but it's hard to know how many people will have to choose from until the service is actually launched.

One feature that particularly stood out to Wong was a timer that gives users a window to unsend their tweets.

Although users can already delete their tweets, it's certainly become clear that this is only useful when someone hasn't already taken a screenshot of a message they might regret.

This way, an unwanted tweet never goes live to begin with.

That said, this feature seemed incomplete to one commenter who figured that it would better to customize how much of a grace period you have before a tweet is officially sent.

And in the words of another user, "Jus give us an edit button ...so we don’t have “UNDO” an entire tweet but jus fix the word we [expletive] up."

The other features we can see in Twitter Blue so far seem to concern how cluttered and unwieldy its layout can sometimes be.

For instance, it seems that Twitter Blue will offer "collections," which allows users to organize tweets into folders so they can be saved and read in sequence.

Although it doesn't appear that it was ready to be tested by the time Wong had access to Twitter Blue, an upcoming "reader mode" likely has a similar purpose in mind.

Based on her screenshot, it seems that it's specifically intended to make threads easier to follow by altering how they're presented.

It's hard to tell whether that'll be successful until we can actually see the results, though.

And even once we do, it's going to be up to consumers to determine whether these features are worth a monthly subscription, no matter how small the fee is.