Creator Ads Revenue Sharing is exclusive to Elon Musk’s Twitter 2.0. It did not exist with the Twitter 1.0 business model. 

“Absolutely essential. Creators need to make a living!” – Elon Musk on 11/1/22 after buying Twitter on 10/27/22

Twitter made history with a generous new program to share advertising revenue with creators. This was one of Elon Musk’s intentions from the very beginning when he purchased Twitter. Since his purchase, Twitter has improved dramatically through Elon’s deliberate shift in prioritizing technology and software at Twitter. 

On July 13, Twitter selected an initial group of talented creators, and they were invited to accept ad revenue payment. I’ll share a few of their enthusiastic comments later in this article.

WHEN CAN MORE CREATORS APPLY FOR AD REV SHARING?

Twitter plans to roll out Creator Ads Revenue Sharing more broadly later this month and all eligible creators will be able to apply. When the program goes wide, Twitter will have tens of thousands of people applying, so I expect the program to take some time to regulate. 

Here are a few of the requirements:

1. Be subscribed to Twitter Blue or Verified Organizations
2. Must be in a country where Stripe supports payouts
3. Have at least 5M impressions on posts in each of the last 3 months per Twitter analytics
4. Pass human review for Creator Monetization Standards. This process may take time.  

Twitter says, “You cannot feature the identity of another person or a fake identity that is intended to deceive others. This includes parody, fan, and commentary accounts.” 

REACTIONS TO TWITTER REV SHARING ARE HEARTFELT

I have seen many positive comments about the program, here are a few:

Kanekoa The Great was chosen to share in Twitter ad revenue, he said,

“Twitter 1.0 silenced me for expressing my opinions. Twitter 2.0 rewards me for sharing my ideas. Thank you Twitter for the opportunity to earn a living! Gratitude to Elon Musk for investing $44 billion to revive freedom of speech on the internet!”

Alex Larusso (ALX) said,

“Less than a year ago, I was banned from this platform, now I’m getting paid to Tweet. This is a game changer. Thank you Twitter!”

Nick Sorter shared his enthusiasm,

“Independent journalists like myself can literally make a living off Twitter now reporting REAL, censorship-free stories that you won’t see in the mainstream media. This is HUGE. Can’t thank you enough, Elon Musk! THE BEST IS YET TO COME!”

My favorite reaction was from Billy Marcus, who simply shared,

“i like twitter”

MORE TWITTER IMPROVEMENTS!

Before I leave you, I’d like to share a few more Twitter updates,

Elon Musk responded to a meme that communicated the importance of people being free to express themselves without fear of being fired by their employers for different opinions. For this reason, Twitter will continue to allow anonymous accounts to be verified. 

Twitter quietly unveiled an icon to appear on video content that lets you connect directly to watch content on your big-screen TV. 

You can also watch videos from Twitter while scrolling using the pic-in-pic video feature.  

Twitter has made improvements so that, on average, it will only take 1-2 days for a new account to be verified or for a blue check to be restored after changing a profile picture or username. 

Jessica Kirsh, a space history archivist, uncovered that Twitter now limits how many accounts you can “tag” in a tweet.  This is a good feature to limit potential spam.  Imagine a longform tweet tagging hundreds of people?  

Advertising on Twitter aims to reach people who may need the products they see, and therefore only human views of ads matter. On July 5th, Thomas Slabbers observed, “There is an even greater assurance that ads are reaching real humans since these view limits primarily impact automated entities rather than human users.” Elon Musk responded, saying “Unless bots start buying things at scale, only human views count.” 

Will you find our next job through Twitter’s upcoming Verified Organizations jobs feature? Twitter plans to allow companies to post up to 5 jobs. The feature is a way to “feature jobs on your company profile, and attract top talent to your open positions.” 

SEE YOU ON TWITTER!

I’ve been an observer of Elon Musk’s unmatched style of using technology to allow Twitter to evolve rapidly. After closing the Twitter deal, Elon Musk said on 11/13/2022,

“It’s just that Twitter at its core is a software and servers company. The technology needs to evolve rapidly, which requires a technologist.”

Elon Musk adds something else to Twitter. He adds kindness and has the ability to make people feel valued. Creator Ads Revenue Sharing is an act of kindness that will forever set Twitter/X.Corp apart from all other attempts at social media. Additionally, Elon himself generously gave all of his revenue to other creators,

          “I gave my share to the creator payout pool.” – Elon Musk  

Happy Tweeting and I’ll see you on Twitter! This article by Gail Alfar. Please credit accordingly. Since January 2022, I have been writing and recording many of Elon Musks’ talks on my blog and here in order to preserve his important words in writing. My blog link is on my Twitter bio and I thank you for reading and for your support.  You rock and you are part of Team Humanity!  Thank you! Mentioned are Jessica Kirsch, Thomas Slabbers @Thomasslabbers @KanekoaTheGreat  @ALX @nicksortor  and Billy Markus.