Would you pay for Twitter? Online job posting reveals the social media site is building a subscription service with a payment feature
- A job listing appeared on Twitter’s career page looking for an engineer
- The position requires them to help build a subscription platform for the app
- However, the post nor Twitter is providing any further details of the feature
- Twitter users are not happy about the idea of having to pay for the app
Twitter erupted into a frenzy following the news that the social media site may start charging members to use the platform.
A job listing was spotted on the firm’s career page that reveals it is working on a subscription platform ‘Gryphon’ and it is looking for engineers to help with the development.
Users flocked to the social media site to express their frustrations, with some saying Twitter should be paying them to use the platform.
The position is for a senior full-stack software engineer that would work closely with the Twitter.com and Payments teams.
Although the post does not reveal details of the system, it does suggest that ‘this is a first for Twitter,’ and it may include a payment feature.
A job listing was spotted on the firm’s career page that reveals it is working on a subscription platform ‘Gryphon’ and it is looking for engineers to help with the development. Users flocked to the social media site to express their frustrations, with some saying Twitter should be paying them to use the platform
In app stores, Twitter has shared, ‘Create your free Twitter account,’ but the latest news suggest this could soon change.
The job posting has opened up Twitter to new possibilities, but it leaves a lot of room for mystery.
‘We are building a subscription platform, one that can be reused by other teams in the future,’ reads the listing.
‘This is a first for Twitter! Gryphon is a team of web engineers who are closely collaborating with the Payments team and the Twitter.com team.’
Twitter erupted into a frenzy following the news that the social media site may start charging members to use the platform.
The position is for a senior full-stack software engineer that would work closely with the Twitter.com and Payments teams. However, Twitter users are opposed of having to pay a subscription fee to use the platform
‘We are looking for a full-stack engineer to lead the Payment and Subscription client work.’
The company briefly edited the job listing to remove references to ‘Gryphon’ and the ‘subscription platform’.
Twitter declined to comment on the reason behind the temporary changes.
The job posting was enough to spark a fury among Twitter’s users, as many oppose the idea of having to pay to use the app.
One user said: ‘The day I pay for a Twitter subscription is the day I start supporting Trump.’
Others believe the move may be the end of Twitter and some hope the fee would be for new users joining the site.
Others believe the move may be the end of Twitter and some hope the fee would be for new users joining the site
The shift into a subscription platform would be a great source of revenue for Twitter, as it currently relies on advertisements – but the idea was not welcomed by users
The shift into a subscription platform would be a great source of revenue for Twitter, as it currently relies on advertisements.
However, Twitter stocks closed 7.34 percent higher after news of the feature made its way to the public.
The stock increase also followed a Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the US is banning TikTok amid concerns the social media platform poses a threat to national security, which may have led investors searching for the next popular app.
Pompeo told Fox News’ Laura Ingram that he and President Trump are taking claims that the app collects users’ cellphone data and then shares the information directly with Beijing ‘very seriously’.
However, Twitter stocks closed 7.34 percent higher after news of the feature made its way to the public
The comments were made by Pompeo when quizzed about whether the United States should be considering a ban on Chinese social media apps, ‘especially TikTok.’
‘With respect to Chinese apps on people’s cell phones, I can assure you the United States will get this one right,’ Pompeo said. ‘I don’t want to get out in front of the President [Donald Trump], but it’s something we’re looking at.’