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As part of Twitter’s long-term vision to emulate the worst parts of every other major platform, the company announced on Tuesday that it would start rolling out applications for its long-rumoured “Ticketed Spaces” and “Super Follows” features.
The two programs are Twitter’s first major attempts to woo the sites’ biggest creators into more posting, and more (event) hosting. Applications for both are currently open to any aspiring Twitter celebs that meet a short set of criteria: for entry into the Super Follows program, you need to be a US-based Twitterer who’s over 18, with at least 10,000 followers, and need to have tweeted at least 25 times over the past 30 days. For the Ticketed Spaces program, you need to be over 18 with a verified email address, at least 1,000 followers to your name, and have a history that is free of, say, violating Twitter’s ads policies, or flouting the site’s standards for con
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