Twitter is one of the social networks that is adding functions at a faster rate, after years in which there have been no great news. In a meeting with some media, the company has told how it wants to improve with upcoming functions in some areas such as expression beyond 280 characters in a tweet, monetization of content creators, and the control of the contents, in an attempt to fight against the rampant harassment that has occurred in the social network.
Several of the news that they have told us we already knew from the tests that the company carries out. Among them, the most relevant is that, as of today, the tips or “Tips” that we can send to creators to support them are available globally.
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Yes, for now It is a function that is limited to iOS, and will come “soon” to Android. Another interesting novelty is that as a system to pay and receive these tips, Bitcoin can now be used through Strike, an app that works with the Lightning network. Beyond Strike, any user with wallet from Lightning you can add it for use on social media.
Improvements for Spaces and control of what we see and who can talk to us
In the sense of monetization, as TikTok is doing, Twitter has said that it will soon launch a funded program to help creators develop a business with the Spaces, giving financial, technical and marketing support to whoever wants the spaces to become something recurrent with which to obtain income.
Other interesting measures that have been announced for Spaces are the possibility of being able to record and replay the talks when they have finished, as well as favoring the discovery of rooms, taking direct suggestions to more visible parts of the Twitter interface, such as a dedicated button in the lower menu bar. The monetization of the spaces is also expanding with the ‘Ticketed Spaces’, which allow to limit the entrance to the rooms to the people who pay.
Regarding the control of the content we see, Twitter has recently launched functions such as being able to choose the people who can respond to our tweet. Now you want to power that with experimental features like ‘Heads Up‘, which will alert users who want to join a conversation in which there may be tension, and will give advice on respecting, speaking with facts and not misinformation and accepting new perspectives.