Welcome to the tech meme right home for Friday, May 7th 2021. I'm Brian McCullough today.

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Here's what you miss today in the world of tech. As expected, Twitter has taken the wraps off of Tipjar,

a new feature allowing everyone using Twitter in English to send tips and a limited group, including

journalists and experts to actually accept those tips, quoting the verge.

To use the tip jar, simply tap on the freshly added dollar bill icon. the users will be able to toggle the tip jar feature to for those individuals or

organizations that don't want people just sending them cash out of the blue.

Android users will also be able to send money in Twitter's clubhouse like spaces.

Tipjar supports a variety of payment options and links.

Bandcamp, Cash App, Patreon, PayPal, and Venmo.

Twitter is using those services external payment processors for

transactions. It doesn't take a cut. All English language Twitter users can

send tips starting today but only a select group, including creators, journalists,

experts, and non-profits can turn on the feature to accept money for now.

Notably, the only way to access Tipjar right now is through navigating to a user's profile.

That means sending someone money for a truly fantastic tweet will still take a bit more effort than say just liking or retweeting it.

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