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Creator ad revenue sharing 'starting today' (Feb 2023)

“Starting today, Twitter will share ad revenue with creators for ads that appear in their reply threads”
— Elon Musk · Feb 3, 2023 · Elon Musk on Twitter, February 3 2023 (verified verbatim via publish.x.com oEmbed) ↗
What actually happened

Nothing started that day. No revenue-sharing program existed in February 2023; the first creator payouts went out July 13, 2023 — five months after 'starting today' — when Musk announced the first $5 million block of payments to verified creators. TechCrunch — Twitter starts sharing ad revenue with verified creators (July 13, 2023) ↗

The Progression

Feb 3, 2023
The promise: “Starting today, Twitter will share ad revenue with creators for ads that appear in their reply threads” · Elon Musk on Twitter, February 3 2023 (verified verbatim via publish.x.com oEmbed) ↗
Jul 13, 2023
Delivered · Late — 0.4 years late. Nothing started that day. No revenue-sharing program existed in February 2023; the first creator payouts went out July 13, 2023 — five months after 'starting today' — when Musk announced the first $5 million block of payments to verified creators. TechCrunch — Twitter starts sharing ad revenue with verified creators (July 13, 2023) ↗
Today · Jun 12, 2026
Status: Delivered · Late · 0.4 years late. It happened — eventually.

The 'starting today' creator ad-revenue-sharing announcement of February 3, 2023 was a flagship promise of Musk's creator-economy push for Twitter/X. No mechanism, terms, or payments existed at the time; actual payouts began July 13, 2023, restricted to Premium subscribers with 5M+ post impressions. A textbook case of a Musk 'today' that meant 'in five months'.

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