Elon Musk plans to charge new X users to enable posting

 

 

https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/15/elon-musk-plans-to-charge-new-x-users-to-enable-posting/

Today, we're kicking off a significant, proactive initiative to eliminate accounts that violate our Rules against platform manipulation and spam. While we aim for accuracy in the accounts we remove, we're casting a wide net to ensure X remains secure and free of bots. As a…

— Safety (@Safety) April 4, 2024

 

Unfortunately, a small fee for new user write access is the only way to curb the relentless onslaught of bots.

Current AI (and troll farms) can pass “are you a bot” with ease.

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 15, 2024

 

That is way harder than paying a tiny fee.

This is only for new users. They will be able to do write actions for free after 3 months.

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 15, 2024