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Introducing Tips

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Thursday, 6 May 2021

We $ee you – sharing your PayPal link after your Tweet goes viral, adding your $Cashtag to your profile so people can support your work, dropping your Venmo handle on your birthday or if you just need some extra help. You drive the conversation on Twitter and we want to make it easier for you to support each other beyond Follows, Retweets, and Likes. Today, we're introducing Tips – a new way for people to send and receive tips. 

You’ll know an account’s Tips is enabled if you see a Tips icon next to the Follow button on their profile page. Tap the icon, and you’ll see a list of payment services or platforms that the account has enabled. Select whichever payment service or platform you prefer and you’ll be taken off Twitter to the selected app where you can show your support in the amount you choose. The services* you can add today include Bandcamp, Cash App, Patreon, PayPal and Venmo. Twitter takes no cut. On Android, tips can also be sent within Spaces.

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Tips is an easy way to support the incredible voices that make up the conversation on Twitter. This is a first step in our work to create new ways for people to receive and show support on Twitter – with money. 

Starting today, everyone using Twitter in English can send tips to applicable accounts on Twitter for iOS and Android. For now, a limited group of people around the world who use Twitter in English can add Tips to their profile and accept tips. This group includes creators, journalists, experts, and nonprofits. Soon, more people will be able to add Tips to their profile and we’ll expand to more languages. 

We’re always looking for feedback and ways to improve updates like Tips – let us know what you think.

*Payment service availability and features vary by region

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