Social network X is testing a paid version in New Zealand and the Philippines
“Read for free, but write for $1 a year. This is the only way to fight bots without blocking real users. This won’t stop them completely, but it will make it a thousand times harder to manipulate the platform.” It was with these words that he said New Zealand Herald,… Social network X is testing a paid version of its social network in New Zealand and the Philippines that will charge new users $1 per year for reading for free, but writing for $1 a year. This measure is intended to combat software posing as Internet users, but will mainly divide new users from New Zealand, the Philippines, and those who do not subscribe to accounts into two categories. Elon Musk, owner of X, has also introduced new functions such as the “blue checkmarks” and “small monthly fee” as a way to reduce the number of automated social media accounts. This could also fill the coffers of X's coffers as “by ransoming him,” according to the New Zealand media.
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“Read for free, but write for $1 a year. This is the only way to fight bots without blocking real users. This won’t stop them completely, but it will make it a thousand times harder to manipulate the platform.” It was with these words that he said New Zealand Herald, that Elon Musk, owner of X (formerly Twitter), justified to users of the social network a new measure that he has just introduced.
Platform “Will now charge new users $1 per year as part of a new model being tested in two countries: New Zealand and the Philippines,” – explain the Auckland media. “New users’ phone number will be further verified as part of the Not a Bot initiative.”
According to the businessman, this project is therefore aimed at combating software posing as Internet users. But, specifically, pay attention to BBC, This experiment will mainly divide new users from New Zealand and the Philippines into two categories. On the one hand, those who pay “who will be able to tweet, retweet, like and reply to posts,” and on the other hand, those who “Unsubscribe and you will only be able to read articles, watch videos and subscribe to accounts,” – sums up the British news site.
For now, this is just a test limited to two countries, which involves paying a total symbolic amount. But widespread concern is that the measure represents a further step to prepare users for the general end of free X.
Moreover, some new functions presented by Elon Musk are already going in this direction, recalls New Zealand Herald : “Several months ago, Musk already removed the “blue checkmarks”, which were awarded free of charge and allowed to verify the identity of known users. This icon has been replaced by another that is available to all Internet users willing to pay $19 per month (and which also offers other benefits, such as the ability to edit a post within eighty minutes of posting it).”
Then, in September, during a taped conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the South African billionaire discussed the idea“small monthly fee” as a way to reduce the number of automated social media accounts.
This could also fill X’s coffers as “by ransoming him, concludes the New Zealand media, Musk owes him almost $13 billion.
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