Twitter has announced, during a presentation for analysts and investors, two upcoming features: Super Follows and Communities. The features are to encourage more users to express their thoughts more freely.
The new features are part of Twitter’s “what next” list and they fit into models that have been successful on other social media platforms such as Snapchat, Instagram, and Facebook.
According to The Verge, “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.”
With the other new feature called Communities, “People can create and join groups around specific interests — like cats or plants, Twitter suggests — allowing them to see more tweets focused on those topics. Groups have been a huge success for Facebook (and a huge moderation problem, too), and they could be a particularly helpful tool on Twitter, since the service’s open-ended nature can make it difficult for new users to get started on the platform, ” The Verge stated.
What are your thoughts on these new features?
