Elon Musk says users will soon have to pay for X in effort to stop bots

[Kamaji]

Elon Musk says users will soon have to pay for X in effort to stop bots

By Melissa Koenig
Published Sep. 19, 2023

Elon Musk has casually announced plans to start charging a monthly fee to everyone using X, his new name for Twitter.

The world’s richest man revealed the plan late Monday during a live-streamed chat with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in which he was asked how he plans to deal with the large armies of bots that amplify hate speech.

“The single most important reason we’re moving to have a small monthly payment for use of the X system is it’s the only way I can think of to combat vast armies of bots,” Musk replied casually.

He explained that adding a subscription to access the social media site would make it difficult for bots to create accounts because they would each need to register a new credit card.

Musk did not specify how much money he would charge each user, but said it would be “lower-tier pricing” than what X charges its premium subscribers – which is about $8 each month.

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Source:  https://nypost.com/2023/09/19/elon-musk-says-users-will-soon-have-to-pay-for-x/

[Kamaji]

Well, that'll pretty much kill it off.

[Smokin Joe]

Well, that'll pretty much kill it off.

Depends on what he charges. Even a dollar a month would make bots a pain to register, and not so bad for platform access (especially without the bots).

[Kamaji]

Depends on what he charges. Even a dollar a month would make bots a pain to register, and not so bad for platform access (especially without the bots).

Yes, but how many users are going to start paying for what heretofor has always been free?