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.

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

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 :)

shiveyarbles,

Making great business decisions

Aetherion,
@Aetherion@feddit.de avatar

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

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.

jimmydoreisalefty,

I think most people that have checkmarks will.

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

teuast,

Fuckin do it, Elon. Double dog dare ya.

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