Twitter, which has been involved in a few key developments in recent weeks, has today launched its highly awaited ad income-sharing programme for creators. This comes just a few weeks after Elon Musk announced that the microblogging platform will share ad revenue with select creators who meet the company's criteria. However, it will be available only in those countries where Stripe supports the payments.

Which Creators Are Eligible For Monetisation?

For the users who subscribe to Twitter Blue and have gained over 5 million tweet impressions every month in the past 3 months are a creator as per the company’s definition. Further, Elon Musk has announced that the first round of the creator's payment will be about $5 million and will be cumulative from February. The users will get the payments in their Stripe-connected accounts.

Twitter Is Actually Paying Creators

In a recent tweet shared by a creator named Brian Krassenstein, who has about 750,000 followers, has now claimed that he will be getting over $24,000 as a part of Twitter’s monetisation program.

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Which Types Of Content Can And Cannot Be Monetised?

Twitter has already stated which types of material can and cannot be monetised. Sexual content cannot be monetised under Twitter's Content Monetisation rules. According to a report, Twitter is the sole site that allows such content but will not monetize it.

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Furthermore, the platform will not allow users to monetise information about "pyramid schemes or get-rich-quick schemes" (looking at you, crypto spammers), violence, criminal activity, gambling, or drugs and alcohol. The copyrighted content will also not be monetised.

"We’re expanding our creator monetisation offering to include ads revenue sharing for creators. This means that creators can get a share in ad revenue starting with the replies to their posts. This is part of our effort to help people earn a living directly on Twitter," the company said on the 'Creator Ads Revenue Sharing' page.