Post by account_disabled on Mar 16, 2024 6:41:31 GMT
Is this the end of free social media? Everything points to this. On October 17, Elon Musk announced on his X platform (formerly Twitter) that he is introducing - for now as a test - a new form of payment for using the application. The service currently operates in New Zealand and the Philippines. Where is all the confusion coming from? Table of Contents Hide 1. Will Twitter be paid? What is the new fee on site X? 2. Why is X (Twitter) introducing mandatory payment? 3. Will social media remain free? Will Twitter be paid? What is the new fee on site X? Until recently, using Twitter was completely free for every user. Only in March 2023, the new owner of the platform introduced the first paid service in the form of Twitter Blue, which guaranteed, among other things, the presence of a blue mark next to the account name, as well as the option to edit tweets and publish longer content. However, Twitter Blue was an optional service, addressed to people who used this medium to build their image or communicate with the community. The cost of $8 per month was (and is) so acceptable that over 640,000 users used it (data for April 2023 ).
However, the situation will change after new information provided by the main support profile X, further provided Find Your Phone Number by Musk himself. It says that from now on, new accounts created on the website will require an annual fee of $1. A tweet from the X support account announcing payments to new users of the X platform (formerly Twitter). Tweet from the official X support account It is worth knowing that this amount only applies to accounts that would like to be active in the X application - write content, add videos, repost and quote tweets, etc. However, if you want to use Twitter (X) for free, there is still such an option. However, it involves the launch of the so-called read-only mode, i.e. passive operation, which in itself is, of course, a denial of the idea of social media. Important - this change applies to new accounts. It is not yet known how this will affect existing, long-term users of the application.
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Why is X (Twitter) introducing mandatory payment? One of the website's biggest nightmares was the activity of bots that spam the content feed and manipulated the list of trends in the application. From the very beginning, after taking over the company, Elon Musk considered it enemy number 1 and took actions to limit this practice. However, his ideas were not entirely effective, which resulted in, among others, temporary paralysis of the platform at the beginning of July , which was the result of limiting the number of content visible to users to 1,000 per day. The new subscription idea (called "Not-a-bot") is another step to cleanse the platform of harmful content. The mandatory fee is intended to be the first obstacle to discourage potential spammers. The second step is to additionally verify the phone number. $1 per year (PLN 4.21 - as of October 18, 2023) is not a fortune, so it's hard to talk about "ripping off money" from users.
However, the situation will change after new information provided by the main support profile X, further provided Find Your Phone Number by Musk himself. It says that from now on, new accounts created on the website will require an annual fee of $1. A tweet from the X support account announcing payments to new users of the X platform (formerly Twitter). Tweet from the official X support account It is worth knowing that this amount only applies to accounts that would like to be active in the X application - write content, add videos, repost and quote tweets, etc. However, if you want to use Twitter (X) for free, there is still such an option. However, it involves the launch of the so-called read-only mode, i.e. passive operation, which in itself is, of course, a denial of the idea of social media. Important - this change applies to new accounts. It is not yet known how this will affect existing, long-term users of the application.
![](https://www.houzzdata.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Find-Your-Phone-Number-300x240.png)
Why is X (Twitter) introducing mandatory payment? One of the website's biggest nightmares was the activity of bots that spam the content feed and manipulated the list of trends in the application. From the very beginning, after taking over the company, Elon Musk considered it enemy number 1 and took actions to limit this practice. However, his ideas were not entirely effective, which resulted in, among others, temporary paralysis of the platform at the beginning of July , which was the result of limiting the number of content visible to users to 1,000 per day. The new subscription idea (called "Not-a-bot") is another step to cleanse the platform of harmful content. The mandatory fee is intended to be the first obstacle to discourage potential spammers. The second step is to additionally verify the phone number. $1 per year (PLN 4.21 - as of October 18, 2023) is not a fortune, so it's hard to talk about "ripping off money" from users.