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Has Twitter considered a micropayment service for publishers, given the outsize value of the platform to journalists and creators for marketing, real-time signals and discussion? Flattr [1], Brave [2], Blendle [3] and Patreon [4] are trying different approaches, but Twitter already has the scale (identity namespace), behavioral signals and traffic. Since Twitter does not seem to be highly successful at existing advertising models, perhaps some resources could be dedicated to a small team that can move quickly and launch a new service by Jan 2017, so that a payment experiment can run for a couple of quarters before D-Day arrives in July 2017? If any innovative revenue-generating projects are planned, please involve the diehard users who would be lost if Twitter went away. They have much to offer, despite painful memories of API/developer changes and other missteps. There are loyal users who want Twitter to succeed as an independent entity, one that can chart an independent model for social media. [1] Flattr: favoriting tweets to allocate funds, https://blog.flattr.net/2013/04/twitter-is-forcing-us-to-dro... [2] Brave: browser metrics to allocate Bitcoin funds, https://brave.com/blogpost_3.html [3] Blendle: pay-per-article with instant refunds, http://www.niemanlab.org/2016/03/testing-its-pay-per-article... [4] Patreon, recurring subscriptions to crowdfund creators, http://www.billboard.com/articles/business/6502119/patreon-t... |
They should buy flattr and build it in.