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Plane crashes into sea right behind woman having a maternity photoshoot, see pics

In a terrifying incident, a WWII plane crashed into the sea just a little away from a pregnant mother while she was having her maternity photo shoot in Florida. Kristan Othersen was showing off her 30-week bump with her boyfriend, Kyle Johnson on the very famous Cocoa Beach when the incident took place. Various images from the incident have emerged on social media and gone viral. According to the reports by The Daily Mail, the TBM Avenger was taking part in a nearby airshow.

“The TBM Avenger performing in the warbird parade had a mechanical issue and the pilot was able to bring the plane down close to the shore. Rescue Personnel were immediately on the scene and the pilot is okay”, read a statement by Cocoa Beach Air Show.

Plane crashes at Cocoa Beach

Fortunately the pilot is safe and the crash did not hurt any of the visitors on the plane. According to the reports by The Independent, Amber Ditmer, mother of Kristan said that her daughter wanted to take maternity photos at the beach and they were there for 10 minutes and her 14-year-old Miya was in the water and pointed at a plane coming in really low. This is when Amber started taking pictures as the plane kept getting lower and lower. She further said that she assumed that there was going to be a trick. However, soon the plane started going into the water.

Ameriza avión en la playa.
Hace un par de horas se reportó un amerizaje de emergencia de un Grumman TBF Avenger.
La aeronave participaba en el Show Aéreo de Cocoa Beach, en Florida,USA, cuando sufrió un problema mecánico que la obligó a aterrizar en el agua.
📸: Amber Ditmer. pic.twitter.com/1SMOWEDNCm

— Nueve Voces. (@9voces) April 19, 2021

The family was in a state of shock as the pilot did not appear to be coming out of the plane. Recalling the incident, Amber said that it took a few minutes before they could actually see the pilot. She added that he had to keep his headset dry. According to the reports by Daily Mail, Amber termed it as ‘traumatizing’, as she said that she thought there would be someone under the plane.

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Facebook testing prompt asking you to read before re-sharing

Facebook wants to make sure you’ve actually clicked on that news link before re-sharing it on the social media platform, with the company testing a new prompt on the platform.

On 10 May, the company announced it was working on a new prompt for sharing news articles.

If users click the share option on a link without having read it, Facebook will notify them and say that sharing articles without reading may result in them missing key information.

Facebook made the announcement on its official Twitter profile.

Starting today, we’re testing a way to promote more informed sharing of news articles. If you go to share a news article link you haven’t opened, we’ll show a prompt encouraging you to open it and read it, before sharing it with others. pic.twitter.com/brlMnlg6Qg

— Facebook Newsroom (@fbnewsroom) May 10, 2021

“Starting today, we’re testing a way to promote more informed sharing of news articles,” the company said.

“If you go to share a news article link you haven’t opened, we’ll show a prompt encouraging you to open it and read it, before sharing it with others.”

A Facebook spokesperson told Recode that the company will test the link-sharing prompt with around 6% of its global users.

Facebook is not the first social media platform to introduce this kind of prompt. In July 2020, Twitter tested a prompt that asked if users wanted to open a link before retweeting it. The company rolled the prompt out further in September. It also later introduced disclaimers on tweets that it identified as containing misinformation.

Following its introduction, Twitter reported that users opening articles after seeing the prompt had increased by 40%. It also reported people opening articles before retweeting had increased by 33%.

In addition, Twitter rolled out a prompt last week to combat offensive tweets. The prompt will appear before a tweet is posted if it’s identified as containing potentially harmful or offensive language.

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Facebook Launches Initial Test of its Clubhouse-Like Audio Rooms in Taiwan

With Clubhouse downloads slowing, and Twitter broadening access to its audio ‘Spaces’ tool, Facebook’s new audio social options look set to shake-up the trend even further, with the company now launching the first public test of its recently announced audio tools with users in Taiwan.

As reported by Bloomberg:

“Facebook is starting the first test of its Live Audio Rooms product with public figures and creators in Taiwan, part of an expansion of the company’s audio services.”

Facebook announced its coming audio social tools last month, which will eventually include audio-only Rooms, podcast listening and discovery tools, and a new ‘Soundbites’ functionality that will enable users to create short-form audio clips using a range of effects and tools.

But audio rooms, which is now getting a first public test, is the most direct assault on the Clubhouse-inspired trend.

As you can see here, Facebook’s audio rooms will look very much like Clubhouse’s own rooms UI, while Facebook is also adding its creator payment ‘Stars’ process into the new function, to ensure audio creators can monetize their efforts from the get-go.

Given that Facebook already supports video Rooms, scaling that back to audio shouldn’t be a huge leap, technically, but even so, Facebook is taking a measured approach to the roll-out.

As Bloomberg notes:

“For the initial rollout [in Taiwan], Facebook is limiting the test to what it says is a handful of public figures while planning to bring Live Audio Rooms to Facebook Groups as well.”

Providing audio social tools within groups could ultimately be the key to Facebook’s success with audio rooms – because while giving everyone access to audio rooms is great, the problem then becomes discovery, and finding the right audio rooms that are relevant to each users’ individual interests.

Clubhouse is already having issues with this element, with users complaining about too many notifications and too many rooms happening at once, diluting overall quality, from a personal engagement standpoint. Twitter’s Spaces are the same – while Twitter hasn’t worked out its Spaces discovery process as yet, it is possible to search for in-progress rooms if you have a moment and you’re looking to tune in.

The problem then, however, is similar to the problem with live-streaming – with so many people now able to stream, the sheer volume of options available makes it increasingly hard to sift through the content, and find anything relevant.

But by making groups a focus, Facebook eliminates this element – because the audio rooms that you see, and which are highlighted to you in-app, will be based on your noted interests. The in-progress streams displayed in your feed will stem from the groups that you’ve chosen to join, so it automatically addresses the discovery problem, without any algorithm intervention.

Which is why this is such a clever move from Zuck and Co. – and when you also consider that over 1.8 billion people are active in Facebook groups every month, it really could prove to be the killer element within Facebook’s broader audio social roll-out.

It’s a simple, but effective way to address what will become the next big problem with audio rooms, as usage expands. And while it may be annoying to see Facebook steal another app’s idea and dominate it once again, unless the other apps can improve discovery, that is, most likely, what’s going to happen – which is also why Reddit’s audio ‘Reddit Talk’ option will also likely prove to be another winner in the audio social race in the longer term.

Which could also, eventually, leave Clubhouse on the outer.

It’s too early to write off any idea as yet, and I do think that both Twitter and Instagram, with its audio-only live-streams, will see success among those looking to broadcast to larger audiences in-app.

But in terms of repeat usage, and maximizing engagement, it will come down to discovery, and Facebook, with groups, along with its other user data insights, is already in the lead in this respect.

If you were betting on the long-term, I’d be tipping Facebook to become the audio social leader in this respect.

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Andrew Garfield reveals why he doesn’t like to use social media

Washington [US], May 9 (ANI): Hollywood star Andrew Garfield might be playing a social media influencer in his new movie ‘Mainstream’ but that doesn’t mean that the actor agrees with using the platforms.

According to Fox News, the British actor is starring as Link, a YouTube star who takes a young artist (Maya Hawke) under his wing. The two are soon consumed by what it means to become a viral celebrity.
Garfield told Fox News this was a departure for him in terms of character. “It is a very outlandish, extreme, kind of liberated, uncensored, untethered from reality in certain ways, kind of pure id, pure ego kind of character,” he described.
He further added, “I got to be liberated and play something that was very, very foreign to me and maybe access parts of myself that maybe I had buried since I was a kid.”
Even before signing on to the film, directed by Gia Coppola, Garfield believed in limiting his social media use.
He explained, “I have a Twitter account, but it’s not like a ‘me’ thing. It’s like, I just have it to follow news and people that are funny. I don’t have a reason to really use it particularly.”
Garfield admitted, “I don’t think using social media would be beneficial to my mental health. I think I’m too sensitive and permeable, and I want to stay that way.”
The former ‘Spider-Man’ star said he watched different YouTube personalities to help develop his character but also realized the pressure many social media stars face to constantly create content and continue to up the ante.
Garfield said, “It’s like that hustle culture thing, and it’s not conducive to good mental health I would argue, but also it’s not conducive to one’s true self in a way because you’re constantly chasing something outside or rules that have been placed upon you from the outside.”
“I think it’s unnatural to feel the pressure to be constantly making things. Inevitably you’re going to start making things that must feel more mass-produced or feel less authentic to you or less, you know, from your own soul,” he added.
In terms of who the villain of the story is, Garfield doesn’t think it’s so cut and dry. In the US ‘Mainstream’ is in select theaters and available on-demand. (ANI)

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Clubhouse Finally Launches Android Version – But is it Already Too Late?

It’s taken some time – and no doubt some scrambling at Clubhouse HQ – but finally, an Android version of the audio social platform is now available, in limited beta for now, with a wider launch coming soon.

As explained by Clubhouse:

“Today, we are thrilled to share that Clubhouse for Android will start rolling out in beta immediately. We will begin gradually, with the U.S. today, followed by other English-speaking countries and then the rest of the world. Our plan over the next few weeks is to collect feedback from the community, fix any issues we see and work to add a few final features like payments and club creation before rolling it out more broadly.”

Clubhouse’s Android app does have some significant limitation at launch, including the lack of options to follow topics, inability to create or manage clubs, and no capacity to update your name or update username in-app, among others. But it is finally here, which has been a long time coming, and is a critical step for the next stage of the app’s development.

Clubhouse’s lack of an Android app has become a significant growth impediment of late, with Twitter, Facebook and Instagram all adding Clubhouse-like audio social options that could end up slowing the Clubhouse’s potential Android user take-up. If you can tune in to all the audio social rooms you want, in the apps that you’re already familiar with – which are available on your device right now – do you really need Clubhouse in your life?

The growing variety of audio social tools has now made this a real question, and while Clubhouse may have originated the audio social trend, these newer offerings are refining it, in various ways, which poses a major challenge for Clubhouse as it looks to capitalize on its early momentum, and maximize its audience growth.

Which is already slowing – according to data from Sensor Tower, Clubhouse’s total download numbers fell 72% in March, after peaking at 9.6 million in February.

You can see that same downward trend in the app’s daily download rankings:

As you can see, while Clubhouse is still seeing small boosts in download numbers, the downward trend here is clear.

This can largely be attributed to its lack of an Android app (though these, of course, are only iOS numbers), the rising competition within the audio social space, as noted, and Clubhouse’s invite-only approach, which is designed to both enhance the FOMO factor and fuel more interest in the app, while also alleviating stress on Clubhouse’s servers.

Which will still be in place for the new Android version:

“As a part of the effort to keep the growth measured, we will be continuing the waitlist and invite system, ensuring that each new community member can bring along a few close friends. As we head into the summer and continue to scale out the backend, we plan to begin opening up even further, welcoming millions more people in from the iOS waitlist, expanding language support, and adding more accessibility features, so that people worldwide can experience Clubhouse in a way that feels native to them.”

This was once one of Clubhouse’s key growth features, with its invite-only approach making Clubhouse invites a desired digital item, with many even being auctioned off on eBay for ridiculous prices. But with more audio social options arriving on the scene, it’s now become a limitation – though it does also serve a practical purpose, which Clubhouse further explains:

“Earlier this year, Clubhouse started growing very quickly, as people all over the world began inviting their friends faster than we had ever expected. This had its downsides, as the load stressed our systems- causing widespread server outages and notification failures, and surpassing the limits of our early discovery algorithms. It made us shift our focus to hiring, fixing, and company building, rather than the community meetups and product features that we normally like to focus on. It was an important time of investment, which we think will help us serve the community much better in the long run.”

This is a problem that its competitors don’t have, because most have already built the infrastructure to host multi-participant video streams, meaning that, if anything, downgrading their video tools to audio only is a step back from a data load perspective, while Clubhouse is working to keep up. That puts more pressure on the Clubhouse team to invest heavily in infrastructure to accelerate growth, which it can still do, but as Clubhouse itself notes, its sudden growth has put its systems under significant strain.

And if it can’t open up more widely, and maximize its recommendation algorithms, it’s at huge risk of being superseded by the bigger platforms, which are already starting from a stronger position, with broader reach, better, more personally attuned algorithms, and improved audio features. And those tools are being updated and refined every single day.

Can Clubhouse stay up with the bigger players, even with the arrival of its Android app?

The key likely comes down to two things: creator incentives and algorithm refinement.

On the first, Clubhouse has already announced the first round of finalists for its Creator Accelerator program, which will eventually see 20 Clubhouse-based projects receive training, funding and support to help develop their concepts. That will, ideally, help the platform keep more of its top broadcasters aligned with the app, while Clubhouse is also working on creator payments as another means to build incentive systems to keep broadcasters, and their audiences, coming back again and again.

On the second, many users have already noted that, even at this stage, its become more and more difficult to find Clubhouse rooms that are aligned with their interests. That will only get worse as the app opens up to more people, so Clubhouse needs to work on its algorithm tools to ensure that each user is being alerted to the most relevant content to them, in order to keep them active – and again, returning to the app.

As Clubhouse notes, it is working on this, while it’s also recently added scheduled room listings on user profiles and RSVP tools to help improve its systems. This will become an increasingly complex technological process as more users get access, but if Clubhouse wants to keep competing with its better-resourced competitors, it will need to invest heavily in this element, in order to maximize audience engagement.

That’s how TikTok has been able to stick around, and become a significant competitor in the social space. Because every TikTok clip is full-screen, TikTok is better able to determine user interests based on each and every clip, and the TikTok team has worked to build in a range of measurement factors based on the content of each clip, which has helped it build a highly responsive, and heavily refined, personalization algorithm that’s able to suck users in, and keep them coming back and scrolling through its video clips for hours on end.

Clubhouse doesn’t have the same advantages that TikTok does in this respect, but it can work to establish connections between the rooms each person visits, how long they spend in each, the people they regularly listen to, etc. Using these factors, Clubhouse can create an effective personal recommendation algorithm, which could still see it become a more significant audio social option over time.

But the path ahead is not easy, and Clubhouse seems like it’s already stretched as it works to keep pace.

It can still win out, with a dedicated audience, and expanding reach, along with engaged creators and a ‘cool factor’ that the other, legacy social apps simply don’t have at this stage.

But the challenge is significant, and rising.

Hopefully, the arrival of an Android app, slightly ahead of schedule, is a sign of more good things to come for the Clubhouse team.

Android users can download Clubhouse for Android and sign up now to be alerted once it’s available to you, while you can read more about the app’s Android release here.

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Ex-US Prez Donald Trump launches communications platform ‘From the Desk of Donald J Trump’

Months after he was banned from social media platform Twitter and suspended from Facebook, former US President Donald Trump has now launched his own communications platform. The platform named ‘From the Desk of Donald J. Trump’ has been launched so that Trump can post pictures, videos, comments, and articles. This also comes ahead of Facebook’s independent oversight board’s decision on Wednesday on whether to indefinitely suspend Trump from the platform.

‘From the Desk of Donald J Trump’

According to reports, the new platform launched by the former President has been built by Campaign Nucleus, created by Trump’s former campaign manager Brad Parscale. The space allows people to share content on Twitter and Facebook. Even so, the features do no allow a user to reply on the posts, therefore making it a ‘one-way communication platform. Here’s a screenshot of ‘From the Desk of Donald J Trump’:

Trump launches website

Earlier in March, Donald Trump and former first lady Melania Trump had also launched a website of the 45th President of the United States. As per ANI reports, the website is meant to allow Trump supporters to request their participation in the events, submit letters and ask for personalised greetings. The website 45office.com also includes a page highlighting Trump’s time in the White House. In addition, there is another page that allows supporters to submit comments to the former president. Moreover, the website also has a space dedicated to the former First Lady which outlines the work done by her during Donald Trump’s tenure as the president.

Trump’s ban from social media

Following the January 6 Capitol siege and riots, Twitter had permanently suspended Donald Trump over a repeated violation of rules. In addition, the ban had also been imposed owing to inciting violence during the Capitol raid. Twitter stated that Trump’s tweets violated the micro-blogging website’s ‘Glorification of Violence’ policy. Facebook on its part temporarily suspended Donald Trump’s account following the Capitol incident.

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Daniel Ricciardo social media blackout, boycott, Instagram

Daniel Ricciardo has blacked out his social media accounts as part of a global push to end discriminatory abuse online.

The Aussie driver has joined a host of Formula 1 stars in boycotting their Instagram accounts after years of being the targets of social media trolling and abuse.

The McLaren star confirmed his decision to step away from social media ahead of this weekend’s Portuguese Grand Prix.

Posting a message on Instagram, Ricciardo told his followers he won’t be posting anything during the four day event.

“I’ll be going offline for the next few days to stand with others against online abuse,” he wrote.

“Any form of abuse id not ok and those that share or allow hate should be held accountable. I want to encourage a positive change in behaviour and urge people to think before the act.

“If you don’t have something nice to say, don’t say it at all.”

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Fellow drivers Lewis Hamilton, Lando Norris, George Russell, Valtteri Bottas, Charles Leclerc, Max Verstappen, Mick Schumacher, Nicholas Latifi, Esteban Ocon, Pierre Gasly and Nikita Mazepin have also announced they are stepping away from social media.

Sporting leagues and athletes from all over the world have joined the movement in shutting down social media accounts.

Hamilton, said his decision was motivated by years of racial abuse online.

The Mercedes world champion is the only Black driver in Formula 1.

“To stand in solidarity with the football community, I will be going dark on my social media channels this weekend. There is no place in our society for any kind of abuse, online or not, and for too long it’s been easy for a small few to post hate from behind their screens,” he posted.

“While a boycott might not solve this issue overnight, we have to call for change when needed, even when it seems like an almost impossible task.

“Sport has the power to unite us. Let’s not accept abuse as part of the sport, but instead, let’s be the ones who make a difference for future generations.”

Hamilton said earlier part of the movement is to put pressure on social media giants Twitter, Facebook and Instagram to clamp down on the abuse.

“I was subject to abuse a long, long time ago, at a time when I was younger, when I was reading social media, reading like many people do, trying to engage with people.

“But there was a period of time where I had to understand that firstly you can’t read every comment that’s on there, and you can’t take it personally.

“If you let those things get to you, then they can ruin your day.

“But I do believe that social media companies need to do more.

“There’s algorithms, there’s things they’re able to see, they’re able to take steps to help and create more of an anti-racist society. That’s what we’ve got to be pushing towards.”

Hamilton and Ricciardo last year also supported the Black Lives Matter movement by taking a knee on the starting grid during the Austrian Grand Prix.

“The chat with the drivers [n Friday] was essentially saying all of us are 100 per cent on board with supporting it and ending racism,” Ricciardo said.

“None of us are anti this, so we all support this.

“I just think there was a little bit of difficulty with some drivers and their nationality, and what something like taking a knee would represent.

“Obviously the reasons why we would do it is purely to support Black Lives Matter.”

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N.C. prep sophomore commits to Lobo women; Hurst to transfer » Albuquerque Journal

Quick decision-making does not appear to be a problem for Gianna McManaman.

A 5-foot-8 high school point guard from Pittsboro, North Carolina, McManaman received a scholarship offer Friday morning from the University of New Mexico women’s basketball team. Her commitment announcements hit social media less than an hour later.

Gianna McManaman, a sophomore high school guard in North Carolina, says she is coming to play at New Mexico in 2023. (Courtesy of Robert Sanchez)

McManaman, who graduates in 2023, had numerous other suitors and easily could have taken her time before verbally committing to a college program. Instead she pulled the trigger.

Her Twitter post read, “It has always been a dream of mine to be a Lobo, & today that dream is coming true. I am grateful for this opportunity given to me by @CoachBradbury. I’m ecstatic to announce that I will be continuing my athletic & academic journey at the University of New Mexico! Go Lobos!”

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Bradbury confirmed UNM is recruiting McManaman but NCAA rules prohibit coaches from otherwise commenting on unsigned players.

McManaman, as it turns out, has New Mexico influences. Her grandfather is Robert Sanchez, the longtime club coach of New Mexico-Texas Heat Elite, who helped numerous players hook on with collegiate programs during his tenure.

It has always been a dream of mine to be a Lobo, & today that dream is coming true. I am grateful for this opportunity given to me by @CoachBradbury. I’m ecstatic to announce that I will be continuing my athletic & academic journey at the University of New Mexico! Go Lobos! 🐺 ❤️ pic.twitter.com/GtBv9sypl9

— Gianna McManaman (@GiannaMcmanaman) April 30, 2021

New Mexicans Dani Williams (Texas A&M/Texas), Alexa Romano (Stanford) and Jaedyn De La Cerda (UNM) are among Sanchez’s former players, and McManaman got a chance to watch them during visits to the state. She’s following in the footsteps of De La Cerda, who also committed to the Lobos on the day she first received an offer.

Sanchez was delighted by McManaman’s decision and he looks forward to seeing her play at the Pit.

“I think UNM is potentially getting a great player,” Sanchez said. “Gianna’s smart and she’s a good shooter, but I’d call her more of a pass-first point guard. She gets the biggest kick out of making a good pass and if you’re open, she will get you the ball.”

McManaman plays for Northwood High School in Pittsboro and for FBC Carolina Elite. She averaged 9.2 points, 5.2 assists, 4.1 rebounds and 2.3 steals last season.

HURST TO TRANSFER: Not all the social media news was good for UNM. Senior guard Ahlise Hurst announced Friday night via Twitter that she intends to transfer.

A native of Bendigo, Australia, Hurst was a three-year starter for the Lobos and is among the program’s career leaders with 184 3 pointers. She averaged 12.4 points last season and shared the team lead with 30 steals.

In her post Hurst thanked UNM’s coaching staff, her teammates and Lobos fans, saying sh has “chosen to enter the transfer portal and continue on my path to strive for the best I can be.”

Hurst follows 2020-21 UNM teammates Corina Carter, Autumn Watts and Azaria Robinson into NCAA’s crowded transfer portal. As of Friday more than 1,000 Division I players were listed.

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Twitter Launches Live Test of ‘Tip Jar’ to Enable On-Profile Donations

Twitter has launched the next phase of its creator payment program, with a live test of a new tip jar option on selected user profiles, which will enable individuals to collect payments from their audience, as a means to support their efforts.

As you can see here, the new Tip Jar option, accessible via a cash icon at the top of eligible profiles, enables users to make payments to another user by connecting through to the payment provider of their choice.

As explained by Twitter:

“We see you – sharing your PayPal link after your Tweet goes viral, adding your $Cashtag to your profile so people can support your work, dropping your Venmo handle on your birthday or if you just need some extra help. You drive the conversation on Twitter and we want to make it easier for you to support each other beyond Follows, Retweets, and Likes. Today, we’re introducing Tip Jar – a new way for people to send and receive tips.”

The feature is in test mode at present, so not all users will be able to add it, but everybody using Twitter in English will be able to send tips to applicable accounts, on both iOS and Android.

Twitter says that the initial test pool for tipping will include ‘selected creators, journalists, experts, and nonprofits’.

“You’ll know an account’s Tip Jar is enabled if you see a Tip Jar icon next to the Follow button on their profile page. Tap the icon, and you’ll see a list of payment services or platforms that the account has enabled. Select whichever payment service or platform you prefer and you’ll be taken off Twitter to the selected app where you can show your support in the amount you choose.”

The function supports payment via Bandcamp, Cash App, Patreon, PayPal and Venmo. Twitter is taking no cut of any donations at this stage.

For those who have access, here’s how to set up tip jar payments.

The option has been in testing for some time, with Twitter showing a preview of the function, among various other creator revenue tools in development, at its recent Analyst Day showcase.

Variations of the on profile display for the option have also been spotted in testing:

Providing more monetization options is now a key element in Twitter’s growth strategy, with the idea being that such tools will be able to help Twitter keep its top users tweeting more often, while also incentivizing them to build more reliance on the app.

This, ideally, will help Twitter to increase overall time spent within its app by keeping its most engaging voices more active, while its coming eCommerce and newsletter tools, among other functions, will also help to expand Twitter usage, and broaden its functionality.

Tipping has already proven popular on other platforms as a means for fans to show their support, and the more Twitter can start to change user behavior, and get people used to paying for things on-platform, the more it can start to shift habits, and make such process an accepted part of the in-app ecosystem.

It’s an interesting experiment, if nothing else – and it’ll be interesting to see what Twitter users are actually willing to pay for, and whether all those followers you have are actually as interested in supporting you when it comes to real money changing hands.

If it works out, it could become a valuable addition for Twitter, and a solid revenue stream for top users, keeping their tweets flowing, and the app’s engagement stats humming along.

NOTE: Social engineering and hacking expert Rachel Tobac has highlighted a key issue when using PayPal for your Twitter tips, being that your full address, as listed on your PayPal account, will then be displayed to the receiver. Twitter has since clarified that it’s adding more prompts to ensure that users are aware of this. Worth noting if you are looking to give tips on the platform via PayPal.

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