2024-04-18 10:01:00
The founder of the astronaut company SpaceX is preparing to charge new users of the famous social network X (Twitter)!
X owner Elon Musk makes a brand new announcement. In fact, the latter could charge new accounts on the platform to publish and send messages for the first three months. He believes this measure will combat automated bots. But, so far, no price or date has been announced in this regard.
Will X (Twitter) charge its subscribers?
After some thought, famous boss X (ex-Twitter) announced that he wants to charge “small fees” to his users:
« Unfortunately, a small fee allowed to new users to write is the only way to combat the relentless onslaught of bots.», Elon Musk explains in his message, according toParis. «Current artificial intelligence (and troll farms) can easily pass the “are you a robot?” tests.“, he said.
Moreover, the measure will only apply to new Internet users on the network and not to old ones and «they will be able to write for free after three months“, he clarified in another message. While the news is already breaking out, the South African billionaire has yet to reveal the amount of the fees. The same applies to the date of the application, and to the countries concerned.
For countries already affected
The entrepreneur’s announcement on his social network was made in response to a comment. Last October, X already had in place a measure identical to this one i New Zealand and the Philippines. In fact, in these countries, new users have to pay $0.75 and $0.85, respectively, for certain services, such as posting messages.
As for those who refuse to pay the required amount, they will only be entitled on the reading side. In other words, they will only be able to watch videos or follow accounts. But why?
To better understand this decision, you should know that it was aimed at reducing spam, unsolicited messages, but also “platform manipulation and bot activity”. In addition, fake accounts that spread disinformation and rumors always pollute. As a result, some users left it, reducing its value by more than half, from $44 billion to $20 billion. According to Elon Musk, his advertising revenue also fell by half.
This sudden drop would force the billionaire to make this decision and alleviate the problem. He states that he wants to generate income through paid plans, by getting certification badges, then to hide ads. So, for those who don’t want to take out their wallets, you will have to wait three months after creating your account to be able to publish tweets, reply, comment, like and share other publications .
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