Elon Musk to charge 'small' fee for X (Twitter) subscription
The Twitter owner said that the move may help weed out bot accounts
X (formerly Twitter) users may soon have to pay subscription fees to use the platform, according to Elon Musk. The magnate has hinted that he could soon enforce a paywall around the business to get rid of bot accounts, which has become a throne on his side: “We are moving to having a small monthly payment for use of systems.”
Musk made the disclosure when he was in a meeting with Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu who visited Tesla Motors in California. Currently, the platform charges users for accessing premium features of X such as checkmarks for verified accounts.
By enforcing subscriptions, bot account users may get discouraged from creating new accounts.
Musk has not mentioned how much the new paid service may cost or what special features can the users avail of.
In the meeting with Netanyahu, Musk also addressed the issues of antisemitism prevalent on the plaform.
