Elon Musk Invites Journalists To Earn More On X: All Details – News18

Billionaire Elon Musk just lately took to micro-blogging platform X (beforehand Twitter) and Invited journalists to publish straight on the social media app. He additionally eliminated headlines and textual content from news articles shared on X.

Now, solely the lead picture and the net hyperlink are proven with news posts. Musk mentioned this alteration would make issues look higher. Elon Musk additionally desires X to make a brand new method of exhibiting news articles with solely a lead picture and a hyperlink. The image will nonetheless take you to the article when clicked.

This would possibly make posts shorter on customers’ timelines so extra content material could be seen. Some customers favored the change, however others mentioned it’s essential to know what you’re studying earlier than clicking on it.

Earlier, Elon Musk mentioned: “If you’re a journalist who wants more freedom to write and a higher income, then publish directly on this platform. Users will be charged on a “per article basis” and will end up paying more if they don’t sign up for a monthly subscription, he had said.

The company has also begun to pay eligible creators a share of their advertising revenue. Many Indian accounts have received large sums of money by subscribing to X Premium and having at least 500 followers and 5 million impressions in the last three months. Musk has also been vocal about making X into an all-in-one app that can help you find jobs, do video calls, and even livestream.

In related news, X experienced a major glitch a few days ago that resulted in the loss of all legacy photos posted before December 2014. The company has since acknowledged the bug on its @support account.

“Over the weekend we had a bug that prevented us from displaying images from before 2014. No images or data were lost. We fixed the bug, and the issue will be fully resolved in the coming days,” the corporate mentioned.