New Delhi: Twitter CEO Elon Musk announced on Thursday that ‘subscriptions’ are now enabled on the platform – a way for people’s most engaged followers to help Twitter earn money for their contributions to the platform. Twitter user Shibetoshi Nakamoto, the creator of the popular cryptocurrency Dogecoin, recently took to the platform to share a screenshot of Musk’s Twitter profile, which showed that the tech billionaire had subscribed to his account.
Along with the screenshot, Shibetoshi tweeted: “I don’t usually flex but today was a stressful day and I’m giving myself the flex.” To which Musk replied: “We’re making Creator Subscriptions bigger! Works for longform text, pics, or videos.” According to his tweet, the subscription will work for longform content, images and videos posted on Twitter.
Furthermore, in the same tweet, a user commented, asking Musk: “Are you going to share ad revenue (like ads in videos) for creators? That would be HUGE!” To which he replied: “We’re working on it. Twitter has a surprisingly complex codebase, so progress is slower than we expected.” Currently, people in the US who meet the eligibility requirements can apply to participate in the membership program, according to Twitter’s help page.
Subscription purchases are currently available globally on Twitter for iOS and Android, as well as on the web in the US, Canada, New Zealand and Australia.