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submitted 2 years ago by t4k3@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

Elon Musk said he will charge all X/Twitter users a fee to be on the platform. He suggested that such a change would be necessary to deal with the problem of bots on the platform.

“It’s the only way I can think of to combat vast armies of bots," said Elon. I can’t believe that this is the only solution he can think of.

Dealing with bots would be Elon Musk’s responsibility, considering he’s the only one profiting significantly from X, not us. Elon Musk steals our data and censors each of our posts, now he even expects us to pay to clean up the mess he created.

Plus, the problems with X go beyond just bots. The algorithm and programming decisions are negatively impacting user experience and manipulating people’s minds.

We want a town square where everyone is free to have & voice an opinion. I do not believe we have to pay ”a small monthly payment” for such a place, especially in a country that should value these freedoms & suppressing ideas.

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[-] the_robomafia@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

I’ll just leave these here

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[-] Tetra@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago

I wouldn't use Twitter even if it was the one paying ME

[-] glacier 5 points 2 years ago

You couldn't even pay me to use Twitter

[-] daredevil@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago

I am so tired of seeing this goon on my feed

[-] ChrisLicht@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago

I would pay to not use it.

[-] stillwater@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago

Don't give him ideas.

[-] wolre@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

As I understand, even when paying you would still see ads and not get any benefits over what Twitter is at the moment whatsoever. I honestly cannot imagine the platform retaining many users after such a drastic step.

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[-] ArugulaZ@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago

Sorry Jovan Musk, from Calvin Klein! The answer is nooooOOOOOoooo. Old Twitter is dead. You killed it, and now you're trying to sell me its smelly corpse.

[-] jazzkob@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

no I'm not willing to play for using twitter, I'll just delete my account.

as for the "it's the only way to combat the army of bots" comment - how is that the army of bots only became a problem after twitter became x? i never had a problem before but now my every tweet is liked by a kinsley, madeline, josephine, mia or layla. it's crazy.

oh, maybe that's one of the microservices they shut down

[-] Blapoo@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago

I'd happily pay a monthly fee for twitter to stop existing

[-] Ilovethebomb@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago

Oh god, please do this.

[-] Moof_Kenubi@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Looking forward to the influx of users to Bluesky and Mastodon, keep it up lemonsuk

[-] squiblet@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago

I won’t even use it for free, so paying seems unlikely.

[-] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 2 years ago

$0.

Twitter like so many other social media companies came into being with users as the product. As that fails (both because Elon is an idiot and because consumer knowledge has improved), these companies are finding that they never really had a sustainable business model.

Let the market work it out, as the overlords are so fond of.

[-] Gazumi@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

I left already. I'm certainly not paying to use something so terrible

[-] jinarched@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago

Nah, I'll definitely get that latte instead.

[-] uphillbothways@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

He went from saying he was going to build an 'everything app' to charging for something that does nothing and is shit at it.

[-] 2kool4idkwhat@lemdro.id 3 points 2 years ago

I'm not willing to use it even while it's still free, so no. Mastodon FTW

[-] Resol@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Even if it was free, I wouldn't use it. I'd rather not waste hours of my time in there. And yes, I had that opinion before Musk bought Twitter and renamed it to X (I actually left the platform exactly 24 days before the renaming, the same day that I left Reddit).

[-] JimmyBigSausage@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago
[-] Tygr@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

YES, I will absolutely pay for X every month! Greatest idea he’s ever had.

Yes to the polls, but no chance in hell

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