Elon Musk is going to start charging for X or Twitter or whatever he’s calling it this week. They’ve announced that new, unverified accounts are going to have to pay a subscription price of……….. pause for Dr. Evil close up………… One dollar! Stupid inflation.
Also, it’s a test they’re running in New Zealand and the Philippines, not here. And even if you’re in one of those places and already have an account, it doesn’t affect you. You can wipe the sweat off your brow. You do not have to pay a WHOLE dollar. That’s the good news.
The bad news is that it seems to be working really well at keeping out fake accounts and bots. X posted, “So far, subscription options have proven to be the main solution at scale. Soooooooo, I’d expect it to happen everywhere and everyone one of us will have to throw our bank accounts wide open to cover that dollar per year.
I’ll pay it if it cuts down on all the cat videos that keep showing up on my X feed. Just the other day I told my wife, “I ‘ve never followed anything related to cats, yet here are hundreds.”
Starting today, we’re testing a new program (Not A Bot) in New Zealand and the Philippines. New, unverified accounts will be required to sign up for a $1 annual subscription to be able to post & interact with other posts. Within this test, existing users are not affected.
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— Support (@Support) October 17, 2023