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Twitter Lets Users Monetize Tweets With ‘Super Follow’

Twitter announces an upcoming paid feature, Super Follow, which gives users the ability to monetize their content.

Twitter presents a first look at a new feature called Super Follow which lets users pay a monthly fee in exchange for premium content.

At its Analyst Day event on Thursday, Twitter previewed several new features on the way including a new feature which looks similar to Facebook Groups.

With the event being geared toward investors, Twitter capped off the day by revealing its top three long-term goals.

Here’s a look at the key highlights from Twitter’s Analyst Day.

Super Follow – Monetize Your Tweets

Users will soon be able to monetize their tweets with Twitter’s new Super Follow feature.

For a monthly fee users can Super Follow their favorite content creators to receive perks such as:

  • A supporter badge
  • Subscriber-only newsletters
  • Exclusive content
  • Deals & discounts
  • Community access

This is both the first paid feature Twitter has offered to users, and a first in terms of Twitter users getting paid directly by their followers.

Popular content creators on Twitter can soon earn revenue from content they contribute to the platform. Super Follows can also be a valuable feature for publications, journalists, and reporters.

This appears to be the end result of the much talked about subscription-based product Twitter has been working on.

Twitter Communities

Twitter gave an early look at an upcoming feature which appears to be similar to Facebook Groups.

According to screenshots shared by those who attended the virtual event, Communities allow Twitter users to join a discussion about a centralized topic.

When composing a tweet, users will have the option to share to one of several Communities they belong to.

Further details about Twitter’s Super Follow and Communities features have yet to be shared publicly.

Twitter’s Long Term Goals

Twitter listed these as the company goals it plans to achieve by 2023 (mDAU refers to monetized daily active users):

  • Double development velocity by the end of 2023, which means doubling the number of features shipped per employee that directly drive either mDAU or revenue.
  • Reach at least 315 million mDAU in Q4 2023, which represents a ~20% compound annual growth rate from the base of 152 million mDAU reported in Q4 2019, which was the most recently reported mDAU when Twitter first announced this ambition in March of 2020.
  • At least double total annual revenue from $3.7 billion in 2020 to $7.5 billion or more in 2023.

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SEJ STAFF Matt G. Southern Senior News Writer at Search Engine Journal

Matt G. Southern, Senior News Writer, has been with Search Engine Journal since 2013. With a bachelor’s degree in communications, ...

Twitter Lets Users Monetize Tweets With ‘Super Follow’

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