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After testing it over the past few months<\/a>, X has now officially launched its latest audience control option, which is able to enable users to limit their post replies to verified accounts only within the app<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n As you’ll be able to see in this instance, along with X\u2019s three existing reply control options, which it first added back in 2021<\/a>, X is now also adding \u201cVerified accounts\u201d as an engagement control option, so you’ll be able to restrict your responses to only those that pay to make use of the app.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Which might be not overly helpful, especially when also you concentrate on that<\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0fewer than 0.5% of X users are signed as much as its Premium package<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>. But for individuals who only want Elon Musk\u2019s fans to have the option to interact with them within the app, it may very well be good, I assume, in ensuring that you just only hear from like-minded users in response to your posts.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Nevertheless it\u2019s a little bit of a distinct segment addition, really. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n As X recently clarified, only 20% of its users ever post anything in any respect<\/a>, and based on those posts, the overwhelming majority of X engagement actually comes via replies, re-posts, and quotes<\/a>. So limiting your replies to only a fraction of X users seems somewhat counterintuitive, while those participating in X\u2019s latest creator ad revenue share program<\/a> only receives a commission based on ads which might be shown inside their post replies.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Granted, the one replies which might be monetizable on this context are those shown to verified users<\/a>. But still, you’d think that more replies would spark much more responses, and help to get your content seen by more verified and non-verified users alike.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Essentially, most users would need to maximize the variety of responses that they get, and as such, restricting their replies to lower than 1% of X\u2019s overall audience is probably going not overly appealing to most individuals.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n But perhaps there may be a case for it, and as X continues to try to push people towards paying to make use of the app, it may very well be a part of the platform\u2019s broader vision to incentivize X Premium (formerly \u201cTwitter Blue\u201d) take-up, by making it less desirable\/useful\/useable for non-subscribers.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Which, as we\u2019ve noted, is steadily establishing a category system inside the \u201cglobal town square\u201d<\/a>, where the one opinions that count are people who come from individuals who can afford to talk. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Really, it\u2019s counter-intuitive overall, in a variety of how. But Elon and Co. have their minds set on verification being a pathway to broader success, by way of ridding the platform of bots, while also establishing a brand new revenue pathway.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n In that vein, X can also be trying to launch latest tiered pricing packages for X Premium subscriptions<\/a>, while it\u2019s also planning to make its coming video call option an <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>X Premium exclusive<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>, and adding <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Premium-only polls<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a> as well, inside its growing subscription push. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Will that make more people pay up?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n It hasn\u2019t up to now, but perhaps, if X can keep piling on incentives, it\u2019ll eventually turn into a more useful option.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n I mean, I wouldn\u2019t bet on it, but X actually is. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n