In September 2023, Elon Musk hinted that all users would have to pay a monthly fee to use X.
It then launched a new subscription program in New Zealand and the Philippines in October 2023, requiring people who create new accounts on the social media platform to verify their phone number, while posting, liking, replying, Features like repost and bookmarks require a one-dollar annual fee.
Now it looks like the Elon Musk-owned platform is going to expand the program worldwide.
That means new X users will have to pay a fee to use basic features. Elon Musk himself hinted at this while replying to an X-post.
The post said that X would charge new users worldwide a small fee to use features like post, like, bookmark and reply.
Elon Musk replied to this post saying that this is the only way to prevent bots in X.
Artificial intelligence bots and spam users can easily avoid with methods that help identify bots, he said.
He did not say how much the fee would be, but users of the Not a Boat program in New Zealand and the Philippines are being charged a dollar a year.
Before hinting at charging new users, Elon Musk had said in the past that the laws would be applied with full force to those responsible for spam bots.
While introducing the program in October 2023, the company said that users who do not subscribe to the subscription program will be able to read posts, watch videos and follow accounts on the platform, but not post or like. will be able to
It is not clear when X will introduce the fee program for new customers worldwide.
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2024-04-20 00:22:08