Since Elon Musk's takeover of the former Twitter, now known as X, there have been plenty of criticism leveled against the platform and the changes Musk instituted. Regardless of one's political background or general feelings on Musk, one of the main unanimous complaints has been the overall diminishing quality of content of the social media site due in part to the Revenue Sharing program.That's now coming to an end. X has announced its going to sunset its current Revenue Sharing program for creators and roll out a new monetization program known as Original Content Rewards.
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According to X, the Original Content Rewards program will seek to "reward creators who bring original ideas, expertise, reporting, creativity, and commentary to X.""The best content on X doesn't stop at resharing what already exists — it adds something new," X said in its announcements about the new monetization program. The statement hints at an ongoing issue that was devaluing content on the platform. Monetized users were simply sharing screenshots of other users' content, re-uploading other users' videos, and generally attempting to make as much money off of content they didn't create.Other platforms' monetization programs, such as YouTube's, have long rejected or demonetized accounts that attempted to spam stolen content simply to garner views to profit off of. X seems like it will finally address this issue on its platform.The current Revenue Sharing program on X will run through September 7, with final payouts going out around September 11.
