2023-10-18 11:02:00
Elon Musk wants to end the use of automated accounts, or bots, in The tycoon has announced that the app has started forcing newly created accounts of users located in the Philippines and New Zealand to pay one dollar annually to be able to interact with the content of other accounts and make your own publications.
The South African businessman has warned that the measure will affect accounts that are not verified, and therefore do not pay for the ‘app’ subscription service. At the moment, the measure is in the testing phase and does not affect users who previously had an account opened on the platform. Only to newly created profiles.
Starting today, we’re testing a new program (Not A Bot) in New Zealand and the Philippines. New, unverified accounts will be required to sign up for a $1 annual subscription to be able to post & interact with other posts. Within this test, existing users are not affected.
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The announcement of the measure comes weeks after the tycoon warned that the tycoon shared that he was studying establishing a “small monthly payment” for all users with the aim of combating bots. Now, at least in the testing phase, the cost, as we say, will only be one dollar per year. Although things could change soon if the tycoon finally decides to force all users to pay for Twitter.
Since before he came into ownership of the application, Musk has complained about the exploitation of the micro-messaging ‘app’ by third parties to viralize messages and try to influence public opinion. All thanks to the use of automated accounts.
Beyond this, without a doubt, starting to charge Internet users to use the application could help improve the numbers of the company, which has also been suffering a significant drop in its advertising business for months. The most important source of income for any social network worth its salt. Currently, the social network has approximately 300 million recurring monthly users. If the annual payment becomes generalized, the ‘app’ would earn about 300 million dollars more each year.
Be that as it may, it is not clear that the tycoon will end up taking the step and extending the usage fee to everyone. Social media experts consulted by ABC have been drawing attention for months to how difficult it is to predict Elon Musk’s movements. Also differentiate ideas with the potential to crystallize from those that, in reality, end up being little more than a simple cry in the air that seeks to attract attention.
Be that as it may, X is not the only social network that is working on establishing direct payments. Meta, for example, is trying to convince the EU to allow it to launch paid versions of Facebook and Instagram without advertising. TikTok is also working on this option. The Chinese ‘app’ is even testing it in an English-speaking country that is not the United States, as he acknowledged in conversation with this newspaper a few days ago.
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