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Elon Musk wants to include a small monthly service fee for using X, which could help fight off bot operations
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kanjobazooie
Mouse Ball Fetishist
How much?
Putonahappyface
Member
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Tal Shiar Agent
Member
And here I thought we had reached the peak of his stupidity.
funkygunther
Banned
Back to the bots
ShadowNate
Member
Ok. Now it's dead.
Represent.
Represent(ative) of bad opinions
So then just keep the bots and let us block them. Oh wait, he disabled the fucking block feature too.
These ultra billionaires just keep creating more subscriptions for us to pay for.
These ultra billionaires just keep creating more subscriptions for us to pay for.
justonething
Jada's BFF
ahhh need some munny to pruh-teck against the upcomin' bot army invahsion! durrrrrrrr
Nitty_Grimes
Made a crappy phPBB forum once ... once.
One penny will prove I am human, what does he need £1 a month for?
sankt-Antonio
:^)--?-<
Wont change a thing, if ROI from bots is still lucrative, you'll pay for every bot. Means prices need to be high, but that would shrink userbase...
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NO PAIN TRANCE CONTINUE
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NO PAIN TRANCE CONTINUE
RAÏSanÏa
Member
Another ~$300 million quarterly payment on his buyout debt in little over a month. Totaling another billion from interest so far he's paid to flush away Tweets for Xcrements.
He might want to keep the bird shit around for another year. Although it would be glorious chaos if X goes bankrupt and closes down before 2024.
He might want to keep the bird shit around for another year. Although it would be glorious chaos if X goes bankrupt and closes down before 2024.
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nightmare-slain
Member
Fuck that, I won’t be paying. If he tries pulling that shit then I’m off.
ThaMonkeyClaw
Member
Elon can...
funkygunther
Banned
Watching the video it's clear Bibi ain't gonna pay for that
DeafTourette
Perpetually Offended
He's a dumbass
Mikado
Member
I mean, I get that the guy's being a dumbass but holy moly:
Losing 1B of one's net worth and it only makes less than half a percent dent...
IntentionalPun
Ask me about my wife's perfect butthole
Yes because I'm sure bad actors can't afford a few bucks a month for their bots lol
Darkmakaimura
Can You Imagine What SureAI Is Going To Do With Garfield?
I'm hearing it is that it's going to have a two-tier premium system and that there will be a lower charge for the lower tier but you will still be able to tweet for free.
If that's true, people are taking all of this out of context.
If that's true, people are taking all of this out of context.
eddie4
Genuinely Generous
Wasn't there something floating around about how certain ISPs would charge you extra for an internet package that allows you to visit certain websites and blocks others, similar to cable packages? I believe they were floating that idea around, but that seems stupid. VPNs and other methods could probably unblock that.
Trogdor1123
Member
Surely there could be some way of requiring human verification of an account…
German Hops
GAF's Nicest Lunch Thief
diffusionx
Gold Member
Lol it’s crazy that people think paying for a service you use is beyond the pale.
DeafTourette
Perpetually Offended
It is when the model for all social media is free. If it has more than what it does (discounts on food orders, 2 day free shipping, etc), then I can see paying for it. But as it stands... It doesn't offer much more than what Reddit does. Or telegram. Or Facebook. Or Instagram.
diffusionx
Gold Member
if social media is free then you are the product
Raonak
Banned
It's a free service because they'll selling ads and data.
Do you think they're gonna stop doing that when they charge for it?
NOPE.
Toons
Member
...yes.
Thats the whole point.
That's why its free.
Musk has just pissed away so much goodwill with advertisers and users alike that he has to resort to this to stay afloat.
If he's going to charge then there should be no ads.
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Brian Fellows
Pete Carroll Owns Me
But if they get rid of all the pornbots where will I get all my likes?
JonSnowball
Member
What a fucking retard. "The only way I can think of to combat armies of bots"....Twitter doesn't even require phone verification at present. How about introducing the most rudimentary of verification steps before spewing this utter nonsense you pathetic venture capitalist with no creative ability.
Hawking Radiation
Member
Elon go home you're drunk
StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
Cant Twitter or any other social site just have algorithms that block spam/bots? Like Gmail. I get hardly any spam in my inbox because it's smart enough to categorize junk email right off the bat. If any sneak through, they eventually label them junk too if enough people block or report spam.
I get the gist social sites dont really care though because they need bots because it adds to the user count.
But IMO a fee would do wonders. It's like dating sites. Sign up for free ones and you get endless junkie users and people spamming sites. Do a paid one where you cant really do anything unless you sign up for a membership of $20/month and you realize all the people on the site are more professional looking, look like they seriously are looking for a partner and you'll see no junk from people posting to escort sites, hoping they check out their instagram account, etc.... You get users who truly want to use the service in a serious and mature way.
I get the gist social sites dont really care though because they need bots because it adds to the user count.
But IMO a fee would do wonders. It's like dating sites. Sign up for free ones and you get endless junkie users and people spamming sites. Do a paid one where you cant really do anything unless you sign up for a membership of $20/month and you realize all the people on the site are more professional looking, look like they seriously are looking for a partner and you'll see no junk from people posting to escort sites, hoping they check out their instagram account, etc.... You get users who truly want to use the service in a serious and mature way.
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Yes. The spambot excuse is misdirection. X is bleeding money in debt repayments and he needs additional revenue streams to keep it afloat.