Twitter to launch paid ‘super follow’ function that lets users charge for content

Twitter has announced it will launch a “super follow” feature, which lets users charge followers for access to exclusive content, later this year.

The move comes as Twitter is branching out from advertising to find more ways to make money — both for itself and for its most prolific users.

The payment feature, called Super Follows, will allow Twitter users to charge followers and give them access to extra content. That could be bonus tweets, access to a community group, subscription to a newsletter, or a badge indicating your support. In a mockup screenshot, Twitter showed an example where a user charges $4.99 per month to receive a series of perks. Twitter sees it as a way to let creators and publishers get paid directly by their fans.

The Verge