X (formerly Twitter) launches $1 Not-A-Bot subscription for new users

18 October 2023
The new subscription plan is live in New Zealand and the Philippines and will require new users to pay the equivalent of $1 per year to post.

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What a dumb move. This will certainly cause many people to leave X, which is supposedly driven my ad revenue. Why would I pay a (admittedly cheap) subscription to access something I used to get for free while the user experience keeps getting worse and worse? Switch to Mastodon, folks; it's free and open source.

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    Anonymous, 18 Oct 2023The whole thing was a complete mess and ithe company headin... moreBankruptcy??? Like really? Provide concrete proof let's debate.

      Swaraj, 18 Oct 2023You heard of pay to win ... now Elon Musk brings you pay to... morePay to have an opinion

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        justasmile, 18 Oct 2023Nah, just makes more people quit X.And come back later. People left and went to mastodon, came back to Twitter, went to threads, came back.

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          Xperiance, 18 Oct 2023Why Elon Musk stole the Sony Xperia logo? Every single time... moreCopying is not theft.

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            Swaraj, 18 Oct 2023You heard of pay to win ... now Elon Musk brings you pay to... moreYou can pay to kill people with AutoPilot too!

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              NotBlueChewey, 18 Oct 2023I put x.com on my browser and it redirects to twitter.com. ... moreWell 100% normal when you think about it : its Elon

                XD, who would pay this?

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                  From buying the bkue badge now to paying for new accounts. Nice

                    GK, 18 Oct 2023You mean more Bots to quite. More bots and more real users.

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                      I put x.com on my browser and it redirects to twitter.com. Until X is hosted at X.com, calling it X while still hosted at twitter.com is stupid.

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                        Why Elon Musk stole the Sony Xperia logo? Every single time when I see that X logo I think for Sony products.

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                          Wow, Elon Musk is really getting desperate

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                            You heard of pay to win ... now Elon Musk brings you pay to exist

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                              Dr. Watson, 18 Oct 2023If this spreads to main countries then the site's dead.Really? Same criticism was thrown when Elon fired "unnecessary" personnel. Months later, others copied him and had mass layoff too. What's stopping the likes of Youtube copying this? They have been fighting against adblock users for many weeks now. Era of easy money and ad supported business model is ending.

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                                Solun1, 18 Oct 2023This should be required for all users. Imagine, suddenly so... moreYou must be young, then. Old Youtube was discouraging users from using REAL NAMES back then. How the times have changed!!

                                  This fees applicable if someone changes email pho. No.?

                                    Anonymous, 18 Oct 2023 Let's bet, guys and gals. Tech industry/social m... moreBusiness

                                      rosesarerosie, 18 Oct 2023*laughs in AeroWitter*Means