Twitter Announces 'Super Follows,' Will Let Users Charge Followers To See Premium Posts

San Francisco CA

26 February, 2021

5:14 PM

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CBS San Francisco February 26, 2021 SAN FRANCISCO (CBS / AP) — Twitter is branching out from advertising to find more ways to make money — both for itself and for its most prolific users, whether those are businesses, celebrities or regular people. In an investor presentation Thursday, the social media company announced a new feature called "Super Follows," which will let users charge for extra, exclusive material not shown to their regular followers. This can include subscriber-only newsletters, videos, deals and discounts. Users would pay a monthly subscription fee to access the extra content. Twitter users — and the company's investors — have long been asking it to launch a subscription-based model. This as a growing number of internet creators and influencers use tools like Patreon, Substack and OnlyFans to make money from their online popularity. Read more at CBS San Francisco