Twitter Launches Subscription-Based Feature “Super Follows”

Twitter launched a “tremendous follows” characteristic on its social media platform on Wednesday, Sept. 1, which might enable creators to generate month-to-month income by sharing subscriber-only content material with their followers.

Individuals within the US and Canada utilizing iOS can tremendous observe a choose group of individuals inside the USA, the corporate stated, including that it could roll the characteristic out to individuals utilizing iOS globally within the subsequent few weeks.

In February, the corporate had outlined plans, which included tipping and paid subscriptions to “tremendous observe” some accounts, to realize no less than $7.5 billion in annual income and 315 million monetisable each day energetic customers (mDAU) by the top of 2023.

Creators can set a month-to-month subscription of $2.99, $4.99 or $9.99 a month to monetise bonus, behind-the-scenes content material for his or her most engaged followers via the characteristic, Twitter stated.

Earlier within the day, Twitter stated it could launch a security characteristic that enables customers to quickly block accounts for seven days for utilizing dangerous language or sending uninvited replies.

By Sahil Shaw in Bengaluru; editor: Amy Caren Daniel

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