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I'm having a very hard time imagining a scenario in which I would feel the need to tip someone for a Tweet. I understand why I might want to pay someone for, s

by Imnimo 5y ago

I'm having a very hard time imagining a scenario in which I would feel the need to tip someone for a Tweet. I understand why I might want to pay someone for, say, a Youtube video, or a substack article. But is there really enough value packed into a tweet that I'd want to send someone money for it? Maybe I'm just not imaginative enough. Or maybe the answer is porn.

trident5000 5y ago
Might be good for journalism. People get paid for their analysis and being a trusted source. Hopefully revenue drops off when lying or sloppy work occurs.
- ProfessorLayton 5y ago
  Maybe local news channels can start compensating people who's media they want to broadcast and profit from.
em3rgent0rdr 5y ago
(1) to communicate to others that the particular tweet is valuable, by sending something with more scarcity than a mouseclick. (2) to help fund the creator of the tweet. (3) "is there really enough value packed into a tweet that I'd want to send someone money for it"? Well a tweet can be much more concise than a youtube video.
paxys 5y ago
It doesn't just have to be for the content in the tweet. For example you could link to an article on your blog.
joedevon 5y ago
Here's an example. Journalist spends a year on a story. Puts it on her blog. Shares the post via a tweet. You love the story, appreciate the hard work and give a tip.
rstarast 5y ago
"Any tips for this tweet will be sent back double!"
meheleventyone 5y ago
There’s a lot of sex work on Twitter so porn isn’t a silly answer at all.
missinfo 5y ago
If it made me laugh or found it insightful, I could see tipping $0.25 - $1 quite often.
hammyhavoc 5y ago
How about if I give you a direct solution to your problem? How about if I open source something and you want a feature adding? All sorts of uses. I still won't use it.
corobo 5y ago
Honestly I thought it was more for the chuck us a few quid tweets than rewarding anyone Taking on GoFundMe's market rather than Patreon
Extigy 5y ago
I could see someone tipping people like Foone who publish content primarily as stream of consciousness style Twitter threads.

by Imnimo 5y ago

trident5000 5y ago

Might be good for journalism. People get paid for their analysis and being a trusted source. Hopefully revenue drops off when lying or sloppy work occurs.

ProfessorLayton 5y ago
Maybe local news channels can start compensating people who's media they want to broadcast and profit from.

em3rgent0rdr 5y ago

(1) to communicate to others that the particular tweet is valuable, by sending something with more scarcity than a mouseclick. (2) to help fund the creator of the tweet. (3) "is there really enough value packed into a tweet that I'd want to send someone money for it"? Well a tweet can be much more concise than a youtube video.

paxys 5y ago

It doesn't just have to be for the content in the tweet. For example you could link to an article on your blog.

joedevon 5y ago

Here's an example. Journalist spends a year on a story. Puts it on her blog. Shares the post via a tweet. You love the story, appreciate the hard work and give a tip.

rstarast 5y ago

"Any tips for this tweet will be sent back double!"

meheleventyone 5y ago

There’s a lot of sex work on Twitter so porn isn’t a silly answer at all.

missinfo 5y ago

If it made me laugh or found it insightful, I could see tipping $0.25 - $1 quite often.

hammyhavoc 5y ago

How about if I give you a direct solution to your problem? How about if I open source something and you want a feature adding? All sorts of uses. I still won't use it.

corobo 5y ago

Honestly I thought it was more for the chuck us a few quid tweets than rewarding anyone Taking on GoFundMe's market rather than Patreon

Extigy 5y ago

I could see someone tipping people like Foone who publish content primarily as stream of consciousness style Twitter threads.