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		hiatus on May 13, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Linda Yaccarino is the new CEO of Twitter Payments makes sense. It facilitates audience monetization. Instead of people going to patreon they can send payments on twitter.

bryananderson on May 15, 2023 [–]

If all they want to do is supplant Patreon, fine, maybe they can? But Patreon’s valuation seems to be 1-2B. That doesn’t move the needle and is anyway far less ambitious than the stated “everything app” goal for payments.

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