Twitter is rolling out extra options for Blue subscribers together with exhibiting 50% of advertisements of their timeline in comparison with non-paid customers and a visibility increase in search.

Elon Musk had long promised that Twitter Blue subscribers would get a function to see fewer sponsored tweets. Now, the corporate has lastly carried out the function, and might be relevant to the “Following” and “For You” timelines.

“As you scroll, you will notice roughly twice as many natural or non-promoted Tweets positioned in between promoted Tweets or advertisements. There could also be occasions when there are extra or fewer non-promoted Tweets between promoted Tweets,” Twitter’s description of the function says.

The social community specified that this function doesn’t apply to advertisements proven on the profile or in replies, promoted accounts and tendencies, and promoted occasions on the Discover web page. Twitter additionally stated that the half-ads function might be relevant solely as soon as a subscriber’s profile has been reviewed and will get the verification mark.

Whereas Twitter is claiming to cut back advertisements on paid subscribers’ feeds, it’s onerous to show if they’re truly seeing fewer advertisements other than anecdotal experiences.

Final yr, Musk also said that Twitter was exploring introducing a costlier paid tier with no advertisements.

Along with the ad-related function, the corporate has additionally tweaked its priority-boosting perk for Blue subscribers. Earlier, the corporate stated that paid customers will get precedence in replies. Now the function reads “Prioritized rankings in conversations and search.” The assist web page for the Blue subscription elaborates that if a paid consumer interacts with a tweet, they get a “small increase of their rating.”

Final month, Musk stated that beginning April 15, Twitter’s algorithmic timeline will only show posts from verified accounts and the individuals you comply with.

A number of weeks in the past, Twitter rolled out the Blue subscription plan globally. Information means that regardless of the widespread availability, Twitter hasn’t managed to draw plenty of paid customers. Analytics firm SensorTower’s observations famous that Twitter had earned $11 million through mobile purchases until late March. Earlier this week, Similarweb’s information recommended that less than 1% of the social network’s monthly users are subscribed to Twitter Blue regardless of 116,000 signing up in March.