General Tipping Policy
If you request, give, or receive tips (money or cryptocurrency) on or via X through a payment processor (e.g., by using X’s Tips profile feature or requesting funds in a post or Space), whether gratuitously or otherwise, you must comply with the requirements below.
- You must be 18 years of age or older.
- Your conduct and content must be in compliance with the X User Agreement, including the X Rules and our Financial Scams Policy. Among other requirements:
a. You must not request or give tips in exchange for — or to promote or encourage — content that is against the X Rules.
b. You must not request or give tips in exchange for — or to promote or encourage — conduct that is (a) illegal, (b) abusive toward others (c) hateful, or (d) could result in self-harm.
c. You may not use X’s services to deceive others into sending you tips via scam tactics, phishing, or other such methods.
3. Your conduct and content must be in compliance with applicable laws, rules, and regulations, including sanctions, anti-corruption, anti-money laundering, public administration, fundraising and content laws.
4. If you receive tips from other people, you are responsible for paying any applicable taxes or fees associated with tips you receive, and you are subject to the terms of any payment processors you use to accept tips.
5. X will not be liable for any tips that you may or may not receive, including if X suspends your account or prevents you from soliciting or accepting tips.
6. If you give tips on or via X, you acknowledge that tips are entirely voluntary and optional, that you may not receive anything in return, and that the tips you give could be sent to someone or used for a purpose that you may not expect. X is not a party to tipping and will not resolve disputes that arise between users. Giving tips to others will not grant you access to X content or features.
Enforcement philosophy
All persons who request, give, or receive tips on X must comply with the requirements described and referenced on this page. If you violate any of these requirements, act in a manner directly counter to X’s purpose or principles, or otherwise act in a way potentially harmful to X or its customers, we may take some or all of the enforcement actions outlined below — depending on the context, severity, and history of violative behavior:
- Limit amplification of your account via algorithmic recommendations to accounts that do not follow you.
- Pause or permanently revoke your access to X.
- Hide violating content while it is awaiting removal.
- Remove, or require you to remove, violative content.
- Take actions, including those above, that may result in you not being able to send or receive tips.