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Facebook to Compete With Twitter, Substack: Self-Publishing Feature for Writers, Journalists Coming to FB!
Facebook aims to empower journalists and independent writers by giving them a platform to make some money. On Tuesday, the social media giant confirmed its plan to launch a new platform in its systems that supports writers to self-publish their works and gain money through subscriptions.
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How Does Facebook s Writers Platform Work
This planned platform by Facebook would be dedicated to writers who want to make money while growing their audience. The said platform will let writers self-publish their content and also provide them with monetization tools like subscriptions.
Twitter quietly rolls out Revue newsletters shortcut on web
If you were itching to launch an email newsletter via Twitter following its acquisition of the Dutch newsletter platform Revue last month, you’ll have to wait a bit longer for a fully featured integration. But Twitter has quietly added a newsletter link to its web app pointing users of its social network to the publishing platform.
The company told us the two platforms remain separate for now meaning those wanting to sign up for a Twitter-owned Revue newsletter can still create a separate (Revue) account to do so (albeit, Revue does also offer a sign-in via Twitter option). So it’s the first baby step on the path toward any future, deeper integration.