{"id":5721,"date":"2025-10-17T10:50:54","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T17:50:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tweetdelete.net\/resources\/?p=5721"},"modified":"2025-10-16T18:53:19","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T01:53:19","slug":"musk-says-x-is-underpaying-creators-and-praises-youtubes-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tweetdelete.net\/resources\/musk-says-x-is-underpaying-creators-and-praises-youtubes-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Musk Says X Is Underpaying Creators and Praises YouTube\u2019s System"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Elon Musk acknowledged that X\u2019s creator payouts are underpaid and misallocated, saying YouTube handles creator payments better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/tweetdelete.net\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/17e0102d-ba2e-42b6-8882-9530f9e7ee1b-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5723\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tweetdelete.net\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/17e0102d-ba2e-42b6-8882-9530f9e7ee1b-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tweetdelete.net\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/17e0102d-ba2e-42b6-8882-9530f9e7ee1b-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tweetdelete.net\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/17e0102d-ba2e-42b6-8882-9530f9e7ee1b-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tweetdelete.net\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/17e0102d-ba2e-42b6-8882-9530f9e7ee1b.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_75 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69e696350d644\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69e696350d644\"  aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/tweetdelete.net\/resources\/musk-says-x-is-underpaying-creators-and-praises-youtubes-system\/#Musks_critique_of_Xs_monetization\" >Musk\u2019s critique of X\u2019s monetization<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/tweetdelete.net\/resources\/musk-says-x-is-underpaying-creators-and-praises-youtubes-system\/#Creators_complaints_and_internal_debate\" >Creators\u2019 complaints and internal debate<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/tweetdelete.net\/resources\/musk-says-x-is-underpaying-creators-and-praises-youtubes-system\/#Implications_for_X_and_next_steps\" >Implications for X and next steps<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Musks_critique_of_Xs_monetization\"><\/span>Musk\u2019s critique of X\u2019s monetization<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Elon Musk weighed into a public thread about X\u2019s creator program after product head Nikita Bier mentioned upcoming \u201csmall upgrades\u201d for power users. Musk wrote that the platform was \u201cunderpaying and not allocating payment accurately enough,\u201d and contrasted X\u2019s system unfavorably with YouTube\u2019s revenue sharing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Creators_complaints_and_internal_debate\"><\/span>Creators\u2019 complaints and internal debate<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The exchange followed posts from creators reporting delayed and inconsistent payouts despite steady impressions. One creator said they had been \u201cconsistently underpaid.\u201d Bier suggested the current payout mechanism \u201cdoes more harm than good\u201d and floated moving to a different system, prompting debate inside X about how to fix distribution and measurement. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Implications_for_X_and_next_steps\"><\/span>Implications for X and next steps<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Observers say X\u2019s ad-revenue sharing, launched in 2023, has produced unpredictable results, with some high-impression accounts reportedly receiving only modest sums. Musk\u2019s public criticism and praise for YouTube signal possible pressure to redesign X\u2019s monetization model, but no concrete replacement or timetable has been announced.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elon Musk acknowledged that X\u2019s creator payouts are underpaid and misallocated, saying YouTube handles creator payments better. Musk\u2019s critique of X\u2019s monetization Elon Musk weighed into a public thread about X\u2019s creator program after product head Nikita Bier mentioned upcoming \u201csmall upgrades\u201d for power users. Musk wrote that the platform was \u201cunderpaying and not allocating &#8230; <a title=\"Musk Says X Is Underpaying Creators and Praises YouTube\u2019s System\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/tweetdelete.net\/resources\/musk-says-x-is-underpaying-creators-and-praises-youtubes-system\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Musk Says X Is Underpaying Creators and Praises YouTube\u2019s System\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":5723,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[],"coauthors":[19],"class_list":["post-5721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tweetdelete.net\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5721","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tweetdelete.net\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tweetdelete.net\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tweetdelete.net\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tweetdelete.net\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5721"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tweetdelete.net\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5721\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5724,"href":"https:\/\/tweetdelete.net\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5721\/revisions\/5724"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tweetdelete.net\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tweetdelete.net\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tweetdelete.net\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tweetdelete.net\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5721"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tweetdelete.net\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=5721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}