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Elon Musk Suggests He Will Charge All X/Twitter Users a Fee to Be on the Platform (variety.com)
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I'm not sure if this is technically Technology news, but I can remove this post if it's in the wrong community

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Musk brought up the idea of charging all users of X/Twitter during a wide-ranging conversation focused on AI that featured Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday. “[We’re] moving to a small monthly payment for use of the X system,” Musk told Netanyahu, claiming that it is the only way to eliminate the problem of bots, as reported by Bloomberg’s Dave Lee.

Musk didn’t mention timing of his plan to charge X/Twitter users, nor did he say how much it would cost.

Musk, who also is CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, has said X/Twitter ad sales have plunged 50% since he bought the company. “We’re still negative cash flow, due to ~50% drop in advertising revenue plus heavy debt load,” Musk posted on July 15.

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[-] Stillhart@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Of COURSE Musk is buddying up with Bibi. He's really leaning hard into the evil persona.

[-] jordanlund@lemmy.one 2 points 1 year ago

People won't pay for something that used to be free... OTOH, neither will bot farms.

Either case will end Twitter, so I say go for it!

[-] Leafeytea@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

And the "platform" thus charged, charged right off to another.... 😂

[-] sculd@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

Ok. This one might "finally" kill the platform because normal customer wouldn't want to pay for access.

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