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   Doughnut Lollipop 【記録係】:blobfoxgooglymlem: (tk@bbs.kawa-kun.com)'s status on Wednesday, 20-Sep-2023 23:02:44 JST Doughnut Lollipop 【記録係】:blobfoxgooglymlem:

   I sure hope this finally kills #Twitter.

   Elon Musk says X will charge users ‘a small monthly payment’ to use its service

   X owner Elon Musk today floated the idea that the social network formerly known as Twitter may no longer be a free site. In a live-streamed conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday, Musk said the company was “moving to a small monthly payment” for the use of the X system. 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,” explained Musk. “Because a bot costs a fraction of a penny — call it a tenth of a penny — but even if it has to pay…a few dollars or something, the effective cost of bots is very high,” he said. Plus, every time a bot creator wanted to make another bot, they would need another new payment method.

   Musk didn’t say what the new subscription payment would cost, but described it as a “small amount of money.”

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     canid_carcass (canid_carcass@shitpost.cloud)'s status on Thursday, 21-Sep-2023 03:29:42 JST canid_carcass

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     We just want to stop bots, that's why it can't be an anonymous payment method. No we're not building an identity information database, you must be one of those conspiracy theorists. Linda, get over here and tell these guys they're crazy.
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     『VRISKA』 (vriska@lizards.live)'s status on Thursday, 21-Sep-2023 04:09:47 JST 『VRISKA』

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     @tk I'm certainly out

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     blit commander (lupusgelupus@berserker.town)'s status on Sunday, 24-Sep-2023 22:45:31 JST blit commander

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     @tk what the fuck is this guy doing

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