Hard yes, @twitter friends.
Twitter has helped me in so many different ways; it pains me that the only way I can give back to the platform is "pay it to show ads to people who aren't interested and will block me as a result."
Twitter has helped me in so many different ways; it pains me that the only way I can give back to the platform is "pay it to show ads to people who aren't interested and will block me as a result."
https://twitter.com/wholemilk/status/1358902106434904065
I mean, I'm no @kayvz (who is by all accounts incredibly sharp at this), so most of my ideas are probably terrible, but man are there some great monetization strategies here. A brief thread.
"Pay a quarter to reply to a tweet." That could go to Twitter, part of it could go to me, or it could go to a non-profit I designate. Monetizing reply-guys would be a powerful force for change.
Ted Cruz says something dumb because Ted Cruz. Similar to adwords, let me bid on how high up in the list of 15,000 replies my response to him is when people click to see the dumb.
Doesn't your CEO own a payment company? Let me pay other Twitter users without inviting scam-a-palooza. Having to go off-site for this is a friction point.
A few things I'd like to do require elevated API access tiers, but all of the pricing is "call for details."
I'd pay dozens of dollars for this, not dozens of thousands. But my scope is way smaller than most of the imagined use cases, too.
I'd pay dozens of dollars for this, not dozens of thousands. But my scope is way smaller than most of the imagined use cases, too.
"Opt out of ads" is a clear red herring, because suddenly you get to tell your advertisers that the most valuable audience isn't there anymore.
I get it. That's how the world works.
I get it. That's how the world works.
Sell me official Twitter merch. Let me feature a tweet on a mug, or a wall hanging. @LaserTweets had to remove the Twitter logo; I get it, but work out a license deal with them! There's money in them thar hills!
Cyberbullying is a serious problem. I get that. We don't want to endorse that at all.
...but at the same time, please help me more effectively cyberbully trillion dollar companies. That's my entire schtick, and I'd appreciate better native tools.
...but at the same time, please help me more effectively cyberbully trillion dollar companies. That's my entire schtick, and I'd appreciate better native tools.
I'm sure this stuff has been discussed to death, and I'm not privy to those conversations. They have to work globally--for the silly, the serious, the folks who don't look like me, the folks who do.
I just wish I could pay you for something useful.
I just wish I could pay you for something useful.
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