Twitter 'Super Follow' to Let Users Charge Followers to View Exclusive Tweets

PCMag editors select and review products independently. If you buy through affiliate links, we may earn commissions, which help support our testing. Learn more. The upcoming Super Follow system takes a page from Patreon, and is part of Twitter’s efforts to make revenue outside of simply serving digital ads. (Credit: Twitter) Twitter is working on a way for you to make money off your tweets. During an investors’ event on Thursday, the company unveiled “Super Follow,” an account subscription system that’ll let users charge followers for monthly access to exclusive content.The company is basically taking a page from Patreon or OnlyFans. For example, if you’re an artist or actor, you can use the Super Follow system to charge willing followers $4.99 per month for access to private tweets containing songs or video trailers. Credit: Twitter Twitter’s chief design officer, Dantley Davis, said the Super Follow system will enable content creators on the platform to receive funding from their loyal fans. And presumably, Twitter will take a cut of the revenue.The company posted images of what Super Follow could entail. One image in particular shows content creators will be able to have audio conversations with their paid followers, which sounds similar to…
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