Twitter stated on Wednesday it’ll discontinue its publication product Revue subsequent 12 months, days after proprietor Elon Musk stated he was open to purchasing rival on-line publishing platform Substack.
The social media platform purchased Revue in 2021 for an undisclosed sum amid a bigger growth for newsletters through the pandemic, and because it sought to draw customers who needed to earn money from their followers.
At the time, Twitter had stated Revue’s premium options could be free for all customers and that it might decrease the paid publication price to assist writers retain extra of the income generated from subscriptions.
“This has been a hard decision because we know Revue has a passionate user base, made up of people like you,” Twitter stated in a put up to customers.
“We’ll cut to the chase: from January 18, 2023, it will no longer be possible to access your Revue account. On that date, Revue will shut down and all data will be deleted.”
Revue was based seven years in the past within the metropolis of Utrecht within the Netherlands.
In August final 12 months, Twitter launched a approach for publication creators so as to add a subscribe button instantly on their Twitter Profiles. As of now the Revue Subscription Button is simply out there for a take a look at group on Android and Web.
In different news, Elon Musk’s Twitter has dissolved its Trust and Safety Council, the advisory group of round 100 impartial civil, human rights and different organizations that the corporate fashioned in 2016 to handle hate speech, baby exploitation, suicide, self-harm and different issues on the platform.