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

submitted 6 months ago by jeffw to c/technology

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[–] rsuri 10 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

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

...that makes no sense. By "bots" usually we mean accounts that advertise one thing or another to make money. And if there's any cause worth paying money for, it's making more money. But some sports fan or BTS stan or whatever just wanting to cheer on their thing is just gonna stop posting.

[–] Treczoks 8 points 6 months ago

Well, you can invest money to get rid of bots, or you can try to make money to get rid of bots. He tries the latter, and will kill the platform doing that.