Twitter rolls out bitcoin tipping, safety features in product push
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By Sheila Dang (Reuters) -Twitter Inc will allow people to tip their favorite content creators with bitcoin and will launch a fund to pay some users who host audio chat rooms on its Spaces feature, the company said on Thursday. The San Francisco-based company added it will test new ways to help users have a safer experience on Twitter, such as warning when people are entering a “heated” conversation or letting them leave tweet threads. The product announcements are part of Twitter’s effort to compete with rival platforms like Facebook and Alphabet Inc’s YouTube for popular content creators wit…