TheBlaze’s Jason Whitlock has announced he’s now able to utilize the subscription service on X, and has more than just revenue in mind.
In a post to X, Whitlock informed the more than 767,000 followers he has that he won’t be sending messages to as a broad of an audience in the immediate future.
“Just got approved for subscribers. I’ll be tweeting a lot less to everyone. And I just discovered how to reduce replies to only verified accounts,” said Whitlock. “I don’t want an echo chamber, but I do want fewer trolls.”
Jason Whitlock set his subscription rate at $25 per month, which drew backlash from users. He claimed he thought he was asking for $25 per year, but was restricted from changing the total by the social media platform.
The ability to utilize the subscription model on the social media platform is one that has been slow to be adopted by news media members. Along with Whitlock, OutKick’s Tomi Lahren is one of the few media members utilizing the offering from X. However, she only charges subscribers $1 per month and does not appear to put much content behind the subscription paywall, and instead posts most of her content to her 2.5 million followers.
