It is a simple way to support the amazing voices in our everyday conversations using a Twitter tip jar.
In may, Esther Crawford a Twitter Senior Product Manager echoed that even though the feature is still limited, soon more people will be able to add Twitter Tip Jar to their profile and we’ll expand to more languages.
Twitter has introduced the “tip jar” tool to enable users to contribute money to other Twitter users.
According to the firm, the function is a “simple approach to support the wonderful voices that comprise the dialogue.”
To begin, only a small set of individuals may get tips – a group Twitter described as “creators,” journalists, specialists, and non-profit organizations.
However, the function has been criticized for revealing sensitive personal data such as email addresses.
The tip jar feature effectively adds a little icon to a user’s profile – currently only on mobile devices – with a drop-down selection for alternative payment providers such as PayPal, Venmo, or the Cash App, the latter two of which are quite popular in the United States.
However, since the money is handled through such third-party systems, several Twitter users found that tipping a PayPal account provides the receiver with the tip sender’s postal address.
You can check it out here: Introducing Tip Jar / Twitter adds ‘tip jar’ to pay for good tweeting and The Blog
