What Would a Subscription Twitter Look Like?

Konary said another way Twitter could charge for its services is by making its TweetDeck accessible by subscription only.

“That would be longer-form content or multimedia content.”

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She noted that Twitter’s primary business is advertising, not catering to its actual users.

“Can a platform really come in and create accountability and a shared sense of purpose?

Maybe not so much in social media,” she said.

She said when you pay for a subscription service, you expect something in return that offers personalized value.