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So much for free speech on X; Musk confirms new users must soon pay to post (arstechnica.com)

submitted 8 months ago by jeffw to c/technology

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[–] [email protected] 113 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

It's completely absurd that he's saying this as an anti-bot measure. The bots exist because they generate revenue for the scumbags behind them, a small fee is just going to be part of doing business for them. He's not trying to stop bots, he's trying to monetize them and use them as an excuse to charge everyone. "The bot problem" will never be fixed and will be used as an excuse for every anti-user measure they put forward.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 8 months ago

Anti-user measures on a social media platform That's a bold strategy cotton