Identified as: micro-Ponzi. Mainly because the current Twitter membership system's Blue V and V+ privileges are too creator-oriented. Privileges like: boosted tweet exposure, ability to post long tweets, edit after posting, etc. This results in mostly creators buying Blue V, while regular readers who just casually scroll don’t really need to buy a membership. And the earlier Blue V members are splitting the money from the later Blue V members, so it kind of looks like a micro-Ponzi. But why do I only call it micro-Ponzi? Because after buying Twitter’s premium membership, you can use Grok, which means Grok is indirectly pumping money back into this revenue-sharing system, creating a positive cycle. Also, it’s not completely useless for readers to buy premium. After purchasing (especially premium+), you can significantly reduce ads. In the past, there were often hacker ads on Twitter, like “click to test your crypto asset data,” and once you clicked, your account would get hacked. Skipping ads reduces the chances of falling for these traps. Back to the point, if Twitter wants to sell more memberships and create a positive cycle to counter the micro-Ponzi, it needs to add more privileges for readers. Dig deeper into what readers actually need and add features that will make more readers want to buy memberships.