X posts that spread misinformation not eligible for revenue share: Elon Musk

Users have been largely critical of the move, arguing that the platform's fact-checking feature is fallible and can confuse opinions for facts

by e4m Staff
Published: Oct 30, 2023 10:42 AM | 2 min read

In a bid to crack down on the spread of misinformation on X, Elon Musk said that posts that get corrected by the Community Notes feature will be barred from getting a share in the revenue. He announced through his X handle:

Making a slight change to creator monetization:

Any posts that are corrected by @CommunityNotes become ineligible for revenue share.

The idea is to maximize the incentive for accuracy over sensationalism.

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 29, 2023

According to X Help Centre, the Community Notes features "aim to create a better informed world by empowering people on X to collaboratively add context to potentially misleading posts."

These often appear at the bottom of certain posts that contain incorrect information. Contributors can leave notes on any incorrect posts. If enough people comment, the note will be publically shown as a post.

Musk also added that any attempts to weaponize the feature to demonetize people will be immediately obvious because all code and data is open source.

The move was criticised by many people who commented on Musk's thread, saying that Community Notes are often fallible and be opinions sometimes masquerading as facts.

You do realize people use community notes to try and discredit factual information right? I’ve seen it happen several times on this platform. I have no skin in this game since I don’t get paid but I can see this being used as a way to suppress the truth. I had flashbacks of…
— @everywhere (@SizemoreSuzette) October 29, 2023

I changed my mind, this is a bad idea. I've seen way too many bullshit community notes on anything criticizing vaccines, so I vote no.
— Inversionism (@Inversionism) October 29, 2023

Community Notes been wrong multiple times in defense of the establishment. This is no different than Youtube or any other shitlib media move of pushing people for not telling “your truth”
— Revolutionary Blackout Network? (@SocialistMMA) October 29, 2023

People also pointed out that the fact-checking system of X have been wrong multiple times.

Not a good idea at all. Some community notes simply just add more context to a tweet & the original tweet wasn’t wrong at all. Sometimes community notes use other false articles from MSM to disagree with a tweet not disprove. Community Notes will be abused to defund. Not correct.
— KEEM ? (@KEEMSTAR) October 29, 2023

Indian fact checker Mohammed Zubair also commented on Musk's post.