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- technology@lemmy.world
I’m not sure if this is technically Technology news, but I can remove this post if it’s in the wrong community
Archive link: http://archive.today/3XM6s
Musk brought up the idea of charging all users of X/Twitter during a wide-ranging conversation focused on AI that featured Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday. “[We’re] moving to a small monthly payment for use of the X system,” Musk told Netanyahu, claiming that it is the only way to eliminate the problem of bots, as reported by Bloomberg’s Dave Lee.
Musk didn’t mention timing of his plan to charge X/Twitter users, nor did he say how much it would cost.
Musk, who also is CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, has said X/Twitter ad sales have plunged 50% since he bought the company. “We’re still negative cash flow, due to ~50% drop in advertising revenue plus heavy debt load,” Musk posted on July 15.
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So what is a tweet supposed to be called now? A Xext or something?
an X-cretion.
I fucking dare him to follow through. Please do it. Don’t wuss out Elon!
Should we all go make twitter accounts and say how great of an idea this is?
why does he look like that
Do iiiiiiiiit
Imagine thousands of people not succeeding in crashing a megacorp on purpose, and then one rich guy crashing it just by being stupid
I hope he buys reddit next
I think he should seriously consider buying Meta so that we can watch it crash and burn just like Xitter. Facebook is the cancer of the internet and it deserves to go too.
Please do it fast.
That would finish off Twitter instantly.
He’s not THAT dumb. Right guys?
…right??
Fuckin do it, Elon. Double dog dare ya.
He’s too much of a pussy to actually do it, we all know this.
Quick, tell him that on Twitter! Maybe he’ll actually do it and we’ll finally be rid of his godawful grandstanding.
What about a fee for every X install like Unity?
Sounds like a great idea!
I mean, not for Xitter, but for the internet as a whole it would be amazing!
Moving to a user supported service IS a good way to cut down on spam and wrest control from advertisers…
…IF you do it before you destroy all value, branding, community and cultural relevance
As so many others have said, this move at this point sounds like he’s trying to finally end this fiasco.
