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   Tim Chambers (tchambers@indieweb.social)'s status on Tuesday, 16-Apr-2024 04:35:43 JST Tim Chambers

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   Wonder how many new Fediverse users this drives….? cc: @fediversenews

   https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/15/elon-musk-plans-to-charge-new-x-users-to-enable-posting/

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     Tim Chambers (tchambers@indieweb.social)'s status on Tuesday, 16-Apr-2024 05:22:42 JST Tim Chambers

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     • Jonathan Glick

     @Jonathanglick I'll bet the whole grift of this cropped feature offering is purely to get access to those credit cards for other future offerings, etc.

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     Jonathan Glick (jonathanglick@mstdn.social)'s status on Tuesday, 16-Apr-2024 05:22:43 JST Jonathan Glick

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     @tchambers @fediversenews It seems like a pretty big barrier for new users. Presumably requires a credit card?

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     Brandon (thedefiant604@canada.masto.host)'s status on Tuesday, 16-Apr-2024 09:03:06 JST Brandon

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     @tchambers @fediversenews

     > [...] new accounts would be able to post after three months of creation without paying a fee.

     This just means the bot farms have to put three months planning into their attacks. Create the accounts, leave them dormant for three months, then activate. So, really, it's not going to solve anything.

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     Margret Kuarell (greensofshade@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 16-Apr-2024 09:29:56 JST Margret Kuarell

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     @tchambers
     sorry to say but i don't think they are coming here.
     a lot of people made pretty clear they don't want them over here ...
     @fediversenews

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     Mast0b1t (mastobit@awscommunity.social)'s status on Thursday, 18-Apr-2024 03:15:13 JST Mast0b1t

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     • Jessica Jordan

     @jejord @tchambers @fediversenews

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     Jessica Jordan (jejord@flipboard.social)'s status on Thursday, 18-Apr-2024 03:15:14 JST Jessica Jordan

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     @tchambers @fediversenews It's like he is purposely trying to destroy Twitter 🔥

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     Tim Chambers (tchambers@indieweb.social)'s status on Thursday, 18-Apr-2024 08:44:58 JST Tim Chambers

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     • Jessica Jordan

     @mastobit @jejord

     She is right.