Will you be willing to pay for using Twitter?

Elon Musk said he will charge all X/Twitter users a fee to be on the platform. He suggested that such a change would be necessary to deal with the problem of bots on the platform.

“It’s the only way I can think of to combat vast armies of bots," said Elon. I can’t believe that this is the only solution he can think of.

Dealing with bots would be Elon Musk’s responsibility, considering he’s the only one profiting significantly from X, not us. Elon Musk steals our data and censors each of our posts, now he even expects us to pay to clean up the mess he created.

Plus, the problems with X go beyond just bots. The algorithm and programming decisions are negatively impacting user experience and manipulating people’s minds.

We want a town square where everyone is free to have & voice an opinion. I do not believe we have to pay ”a small monthly payment” for such a place, especially in a country that should value these freedoms & suppressing ideas.

sagrotan,
@sagrotan@lemmy.world avatar

Why do I have to see the face of this idiot almost daily? I don’t use that shit X and never will. What’s the appeal? I even could understand TikTok somehow, but X/Twitter? Where’s the informational value in these completely useless posts there?

Omega_Haxors,

You couldn’t pay me to use that cracker platform. I thought reddit was bad after they fucked over all the moderators, then comes xhitter with open pedo-nazis being boosted to the front page. Both are shit for the same reason and i’m never going back to either.

JimmyBigSausage,

Naw.

mochisuki,

A monthly fee seems idiotic but yes please do it! Please!

That said I think a $5 signup fee on Mastodon or Lemmy that is not refunded if you get banned would seriously help stop bots. They only make pennies per bot and if you make their cost even minimally painful the economics fall apart.

Fisch,
@Fisch@lemmy.ml avatar

It would also stop most regular users from signing up. This kind of stuff being free has just become the norm.

WoahWoah,

Even better!

this_1_is_mine,

Not that I add much but I would not be here if that was the case.

Godnroc,

Blizzard thought that with Overwatch, but despite the game costing money botting was still very much an issue.

tdawg,

I don’t use Twitter for free

Boiglenoight,

This is the Way.

Treczoks,

Me too. But I have no problems with them penalizing the idiots that still remain.

DScratch,

I’d be willing to pay to stop hearing about twitter at this stage.

buddascrayon,

I hope he actually does this. Twitter will die almost immediately and become completely worthless.

4lan,

Then he can file bankruptcy and not have to pay back the loans he took out to buy Twitter

I think it’s all his plan. Naming it X was the big red flag for me

PsychedSy,

It’ll be an interesting experiment.

ohlaph,

It’s almost there already.

2lama,

I wouldn’t use twitter if they paid me

emax_gomax,

I would pay them for a product that suppresses all news about Elon musk so i dont have to read about him every other day. Now that’s a growth market.

Clown_Tempura,

I refused to use this cancerous hellsite long before its ‘fall’ what makes you think I want to use it now?

mojo,

Hell no, and that’s why I love the idea and definitely encourage them to do so.

TheMadnessKing,

One more wave for Mastodon for sure.

kttnpunk,
@kttnpunk@lemmy.world avatar

I think this marks the true end of twitter. Undoubtedly, some people will literally pay to have ol’ muskys thoughts shoved in their face and get their data collected, see garbage alt-right memes but if he fails, if he can’t even make it a premium-feeling cult experience now… (which obviously his vision, but let’s be real it’s a longshot- he’s only gonna be a clown) I don’t see it lasting much longer.

TwilightVulpine,

Absolutely. People can talk about the Musk fanatics and grifters and actual addicts who can’t leave but… they aren’t who keeps the place alive. The crowds of people who just browse it casually are who keep social media alive. There’s no show without an audience.

They won’t get regular Joes and Timmies to shell out actual money to keep seeing posts when they could get the same in some other place for free.

Resol,
@Resol@lemmy.world avatar

Even if it was free, I wouldn’t use it. I’d rather not waste hours of my time in there. And yes, I had that opinion before Musk bought Twitter and renamed it to X (I actually left the platform exactly 24 days before the renaming, the same day that I left Reddit).

ChrisLicht,

I would pay to not use it.

stillwater,

Don’t give him ideas.

Lightrider,
sebinspace,

Imgur really has gone to deep shit

cmbabul,

Wasnt Imgur originally made to help reddit? Or am I thinking of something else?

son_named_bort,

The correct answer is no.

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