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X, previously known as Twitter, is planning to charge all new users a fee to post, like and reply on the Platform
Are you in favour of it? Do you think it will stop the spam/bots?
X planning to start charging new users to postX is considering charging new users a fee to post, like and reply on the platform.
The social media site's owner Elon Musk said introducing the "small fee" was the "only way" to stop fake or bot accounts.
(Link to said 'tweet')
It comes after the Tesla and Space X boss launched a pilot scheme in New Zealand and the Philippines last year, which required new users to pay a one dollar a year subscription to access key features.
Mr Musk's comment suggest the trial could be introduced more widely. (Source)
Likey, the fee, is set to be around $1/£1 per month, for 3 months, based on the pilot scheme mentioned above. I i guess time will tell but going by these statistics and maybe taking that with a pinch of salt, there's 368 million, monthly, users, so there could be a significant revenue to Mr Musk and X
X planning to start charging new users to postX is considering charging new users a fee to post, like and reply on the platform.
The social media site's owner Elon Musk said introducing the "small fee" was the "only way" to stop fake or bot accounts.
(Link to said 'tweet')
It comes after the Tesla and Space X boss launched a pilot scheme in New Zealand and the Philippines last year, which required new users to pay a one dollar a year subscription to access key features.
Mr Musk's comment suggest the trial could be introduced more widely. (Source)
Likey, the fee, is set to be around $1/£1 per month, for 3 months, based on the pilot scheme mentioned above. I i guess time will tell but going by these statistics and maybe taking that with a pinch of salt, there's 368 million, monthly, users, so there could be a significant revenue to Mr Musk and X
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sorted byBut then people will pay it. I think Twitter is far too ingrained into society that people, and businesses, will feel they have to be on it. And it exploits that notion of "Oh it's only £1/$1" as well.
Think Elon has to do something to rein it in but asking for more money (there's already a fee if you want to be a blue tick or view more than a certain number of Tweets) makes me wonder if it's yet another way of monetising Twitter. I'm sure I read somewhere that it's haemorrhaging money and it wasn't the cash cow Musk thought it would be? (My assumption could be wrong, of course).
Sorry you've gone through hate, also hope it will stop!
I've been on Twitter for 15 years so I don't need to pay- but would I be willing to pay £3 to carry on using it? Sure I would, it's well worth it for the amount of entertainment and great content I get from it. (edited)
I only use it to read the posts if channels I follow (not a "feed"/ algorithm. So I'll just go to whatever free platform they all go to.