Twitter, a social media giant, has started exploring new products, including a “Super Follow” feature, which will allow users to charge followers a fee to access premium tweets.
CNET reports that Twitter has started exploring a number of new products, including a “Super Follow” feature that allows creators to offer access to premium posts for a fee, as well as groups that facilitate chat about interests.
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey said during the company’s first virtual analyst day on Thursday: “We are focused on public conversation as a use case and that use case will have multiple formats associated with it.”
Super Follows and tips are an important new product that Twitter is focusing on. The features will allow Twitter creators and publishers to charge a monthly subscription fee to view exclusive content or newsletters.
Dantley Davis, head of the company’s design and research operation, said that the products that finance the creators motivate them “to continue creating great content that their audience loves”. The platform plans to launch the Super Follow product this year.
Twitter has also stepped up efforts to make it easier for users to find new topics and interests. Twitter plans to take over Facebook Groups with a new product called Communities that will allow people to participate in conversations is a specific topic.
“Today it may seem deaf to talk about a hobby or interest in the midst of intense global public conversation about the pandemic,” said Kayvon Beykpour, head of product at Twitter. As a result, Twitter is working on a solution by creating a way for users to talk about their interests in smaller groups.
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