Musk Floats “Small Monthly Payment To Use X System”

Mediaite reports:

Elon Musk, the CEO of Twitter/X, is floating an idea that he’s had before, but never mentioned publicly, to remedy the problem of social media bots: charging people to use social media. It’s not the first time Musk has proposed making people pay to use X, which has, according to multiple reports, descended into a chaotic haven for hate speech and misinformation since Musk took over in late 2022. In fact, he had the idea just weeks into his tenure as CEO.

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Elon Musk revisiting an idea apparently floated privately in the past — charging *everyone* to use Twitter. A lower tier than premium. “We’ve moving to a small monthly payment for use of the X system,” he just told Benjamin Netanyahu, saying it’s only way to stamp out bots.

— Dave Lee (@DaveLeeBBG) September 18, 2023

Musk is about to totally destroy Twitter, discusses putting all of Twitter behind a paywall

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— Mike Walker (@New_Narrative) September 18, 2023