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The Edit button is cool, but Super Follows, could change the way we (Content Creators) use Twitter forever!

I know everyone is clamping around Elon Musks’ joining the Twitter board and the potential of a edit button being rolled out after year's of begging…However a few weeks ago I was gifted another one of Twitter’s latest features. I present to you Super Follows the latest in monetization tools for creators on the microblogging platform. Super Follows allow for Creators to put content behind a paywall, and grant exclusive access to subscribers, similar to a patreon or onlyfans. I am definitely excited to get my hands on the feature and figure out how to integrate it into my workflow.

Now back during my early Twitter Spaces Beta testing days, one of the first suggestions I made was that if Twitter truly wanted to bring more creators to the platform they need to monetize. Many creators who have become accustomed to generating income from their content can't see themselves giving away the greatest assets with out some sort of monetary gain. The first tool implemented by Twitter was the tipping feature, which simply provides a links to 3rd party apps, which is no different then putting your cash app tag into your bio. But adding this paywall definitely changes the game and how we look at Twitter as a platform for creators forever.

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