Twitter introduced its "Super Follow" and "Tip Jar" options during its analyst day in February. You are now testing the two highly anticipated user-level features. Popular and respected Twitter analyst and researcher Jane Manchun Wong chose the new profile layouts, incorporating the two new options. Depending on the formats she posted, Twitter users will have a "Tips" button to accept monetary contributions directly on their profile. And there will be a
Super Seguir '' para reemplazar el botón Follow '', which will likely allow Twitter users to get paid for exclusive content. Twitter hasn't finalized the design or details yet, but users will have some new optional buttons to add to their profiles if they want to monetize their Twitter account.
The Tip Jar function
Screenshot of Tip Jar Twitter feature captured by Jane Manchun Wong. (Image credit: Twitter handle Jane Manchun Wong) Twitter was expected to integrate the suggestion pot feature for its audio-only Spaces platform. But apparently Twitter can also add the tips button to individual profiles. It's like Patreon for tweets. Tipping will be done through some of the many cash payment apps that abound on the market (Bandcamp, PayPal, Venmo et al). If published, the caveat here is that users will need to have a certain number of subscribers to use the feature. Clubhouse, Twitter's audio space rival, already launched its direct checkout feature earlier this month.
The Super Follow function
The screenshot of Twitter's new Super Follow feature recovered by Jane Manchun Wong. (Image credit: Twitter handle Jane Manchun Wong) Super Follow should allow content creators on Twitter to charge a paid subscription fee to users who want access to exclusive content. While it's unclear what the creators will come up with, it could be paid content, deals, discounts, and community access. Similar membership platforms like Patreon have been very successful with this model. But for now, it's hard to guess if this can work on Twitter. For the feature to be successful, it has to offer more than just additional tweets. Another factor that will determine if the Super Follow feature takes off is how Twitter plans to share revenue with creators. Overall, it's clear that Twitter is heading to the next step of more closed and exclusive content tools, which will work towards subscriptions and more earning options, for Twitter and users of the platform.