[throwntoday]

I think they are laying the groundwork to allow creators to monetize their tweets and additional content. As it stands a lot of creators are monetizing their content off platform (patreon, substack, youtube, onlyfans, etc.) and the goal is to lock them and their content into twitter.

I think it's a good idea as content is king, but they should have rolled this out after they had established an ability to monetize. Once people leave the platform it will be tough to get them back unless they offer a very lucrative comission split with creators.

[fundad]

Hoping they can restore brand safety to pull that off.

[cyberphobe]

Yeah it's probably that, not that everyone is fleeing Elon's $44 billion dying platform and he's is trying to stop it in whatever way he can.

[throwntoday]

Do you even use twitter? Activity is the same as it's ever been. I think many people are overstating how many people are "fleeing" because of their personal disdain for Musk.

If they were actually concerned with people fleeing why would they do something which is more likely to make creators leave?

[cyberphobe]

> If they were actually concerned with people fleeing why would they do something which is more likely to make creators leave?

you're asking this in a sub-thread about if Elon is smart or not? I thought the answer was obvious.

[throwntoday]

Yes I'm sure you're far more successful than that simpleton Elon.

[cyberphobe]

we were talking about if Elon is stupid. The answer is, obviously, yes. Being stupid has nothing to do with success, also obviously.