
WeChat re-enables tipping on iOS after last year’s dispute with Apple
Move widely praised among WeChat’s huge content creator community
WeChat has over 10 million content creators on its platform -- and this week, many of them are rejoicing over the return of one app feature: Tipping.
Before we explain what that is, let’s back up a bit: How does publishing work on China’s biggest social network?
But unlike Facebook’s news feed, which decides what content a user sees based on an algorithm, WeChat only displays accounts you’ve followed under the “Subscriptions” section. It also allows you to choose which accounts you want to see first.

The updated function features a button called “like the author”, and the money will be sent directly to an author’s personal account via a mini-program.

In the announcement, WeChat thanked Apple for its support of the update.
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