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.

mishimaenjoyer,
@mishimaenjoyer@kbin.social avatar

this is never going to happen unless musk looks for a reason to shut xitter down. like so many times before he's talking out loud what he's thinking right now, creating a massive migrane among the guys still running the site and everyone who is financially invested in it.

Bipta,

Considering I won't use Twitter now and it's free...

sndrtj,

Absolutely not.

whitecapstromgard,

I wasn’t even using it when it was free!

fosforus,

Theoretically, if I could pay for a Twitter, with Twitter’s reach, without Twitter’s rage-creation algorithm, without any links to ad companies, I might perhaps do it. But I believe Musk is mainly offering just the very first thing from that list.

2kool4idkwhat,

I’m not willing to use it even while it’s still free, so no. Mastodon FTW

stopthatgirl7,
@stopthatgirl7@kbin.social avatar

I would sooner chew on glass than pay for Twitter.

Gazumi,

I left already. I’m certainly not paying to use something so terrible

morph3ous,

lol. He is just stirring the pot. It’s what he does. I recommend ignoring him and just using something else. It is either going to sink or not.

Ex-twitter seems to me to be going in a disjointed “by the seat of the pants” direction. It’s like a kid playing with his new toy. “My toy, I make the rules and I don’t care what you think.”

The thing is, it technically is his toy. It is not a global square. It is a private company. I take issue with what has been going on, but my opinions are irrelevant to the situation.

Korkki,

He just does the “all publicity is good publicity” trick. He isn’t so stupid to actually do it.

Th4tGuyII,
@Th4tGuyII@kbin.social avatar

Given I don't use it now and it's free, I don't think making it paid is suddenly going to incentivise me to do so

ripcord,
@ripcord@kbin.social avatar

Stop using it already. If you are still there you are part of the problem.

Engywuck,

lol

gravitas_deficiency,

Lol this saga just keeps getting better

finthechat,
@finthechat@kbin.social avatar

Either pay or get off the Shitter

-Elon Musk

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