Twitter’s New Payout System Is Rewarding Right-Wing Rage Accounts
Elon Musk's app could be rewarding racist and sexist content creators.
It's been a very eventful week for the folks working at Twitter. The launch of Meta's Threads app rollout has given Elon Musk's social media platform a run for its money. But Musk's latest move is incentivizing content creators to stick with the bird app by paying them a portion of the site's ad revenue.
For content creators, this is clearly a boon. Musk tweeted on July 13 that payouts would even occur retroactively starting from the day he first announced the plan in February. Major accounts began posting screenshots of their payouts -- and some are pretty substantial. So what's the problem?
Some Twitter users are noticing that big payouts are going to problematic accounts.
So Elon seems to be paying the worst people on Twitter for their poison.
Cool.
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