Elon Musk Suggests He Will Charge All X/Twitter Users a Fee to Be on the Platform

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.

teuast,

Fuckin do it, Elon. Double dog dare ya.

jimmydoreisalefty,

I think most people that have checkmarks will.

Especially, the people in social media/politics that talk about the elite/wealthy class.

itmightbethew,
@itmightbethew@beehaw.org avatar

Moving to a user supported service IS a good way to cut down on spam and wrest control from advertisers…

…IF you do it before you destroy all value, branding, community and cultural relevance

As so many others have said, this move at this point sounds like he’s trying to finally end this fiasco.

Aetherion,
@Aetherion@feddit.de avatar

YES!!! DO!!! www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-sfG8BV8wU

shiveyarbles,

Making great business decisions

Nivekk,
@Nivekk@kbin.social avatar

That would finish off Twitter instantly.

He's not THAT dumb. Right guys?

....right??

AlexisFR,
@AlexisFR@jlai.lu avatar

He isn’t. That’s saber rattling.

nyan,

I don’t know. Every time I think that there’s some level to which no sane human being would stoop, this guy manages to surprise me. And not in a good way.

llama,
@llama@midwest.social avatar

Isn’t that supposedly the plan?

DomSTR,

Well… Twitter is gone already. For his envisioned Everything whatever thingy, this might be the way to go. We’ll see :)

bob,
@bob@infosec.pub avatar

Imagine thousands of people not succeeding in crashing a megacorp on purpose, and then one rich guy crashing it just by being stupid

i3909,

Do iiiiiiiiit

Joyboy,
@Joyboy@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

He’s too much of a pussy to actually do it, we all know this.

TheCalzoneMan,
@TheCalzoneMan@beehaw.org avatar

Quick, tell him that on Twitter! Maybe he’ll actually do it and we’ll finally be rid of his godawful grandstanding.

Joyboy,
@Joyboy@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

Bro, it’s a cesspool and I wouldn’t get on x even if someone paid me, I’m happy to see it burn to the ground

transistor,
@transistor@lemdro.id avatar

Please do it fast.

IvanOverdrive,

So what is a tweet supposed to be called now? A Xext or something?

xor, (edited )

A xit?

I propose we use it like “I’m taking a xit”

TheCalzoneMan,
@TheCalzoneMan@beehaw.org avatar

Would it be pronounced “sh-it” or “z-it”?

rgb3x3,

In all seriousness, it’s just called a post now. Elon threw away the incredible brand recognition of “Tweet,” the noun/verb that every tech company wants. It’s like if Google stopped wanting people to use their name as a verb and just go with the generic “search” term.

IvanOverdrive,

X is the Scrappy-Doo of socials

TheBaldness,

an X-cretion.

tiny_electron,

What about a fee for every X install like Unity?

highsight,

$0.20 for every view of your tweet!

Honytawk,

Sounds like a great idea!

I mean, not for Xitter, but for the internet as a whole it would be amazing!

Iwasondigg,

I fucking dare him to follow through. Please do it. Don’t wuss out Elon!

averyminya,

Should we all go make twitter accounts and say how great of an idea this is?

FleetingTit,
@FleetingTit@feddit.de avatar

Yes! Absolutely!

deft,

why does he look like that

itsonlygeorge,

You mean like an idiot who paid billions of dollars for a company only to ruin it in less than a year?

Uncle_Bagel,

He’s had a fair bit of cosmetic surgery over the years. Things like hair plugs to jaw fillers

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