Elon Musk suggests X/Twitter will charge users a “small fee” to post

X/Twitter owner and tech billionaire Elon Musk has suggested that the social media platform will charge users a “small fee” to post.

Musk replied to a tweet yesterday (April 15) that posted about the changes to the X/Twitter website that read: “SPECULATION: X might be expanding its policy to charge new users before they reply/like/bookmark a post”

The tech mogul responded to the tweet, explaining:”Unfortunately, a small fee for new user write access is the only way to curb the relentless onslaught of bots. Current AI (and troll farms) can pass “are you a bot” with ease.”

Unfortunately, a small fee for new user write access is the only way to curb the relentless onslaught of bots.

Current AI (and troll farms) can pass “are you a bot” with ease.

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 15, 2024

That is way harder than paying a tiny fee.

This is only for new users. They will be able to do write actions for free after 3 months.

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 15, 2024

Musk also addressed one user’s concerns regarding the fee, proposing for an “option to pay OR do something extremely computationally expensive (like mining some dogecoin or something)”.

Musk wrote: “That is way harder than paying a tiny fee,” and added that the fee would only be applicable for new X/Twitter users saying: “They will be able to do write actions for free after 3 months.”

At the time of writing, there are no further details of the when the fee policy will commence, the pricing of the fee or if there are any other fees that new users may have to pay.

In other news, Musk recently cancelled journalist Don Lemon’s contract with X after the former CNN anchor reportedly asked about the billionaire’s alleged usage of ketamine.

The Tesla inventor has previously denied using any form of illegal drug. In his own post, Musk justified the termination by claiming that “[Lemon’s] approach was basically just ‘CNN, but on social media’, which doesn’t work, as evidenced by the fact that CNN is dying.

He continued, adding that “Instead of it being the real Don Lemon, it was really just [former CNN president] Jeff Zucker talking through Don, so lacked authenticity. All this said, Lemon/Zucker are of course welcome to build their viewership on this platform along with everyone else.”

Elsewhere, Musk recently lost out on a $56billion Tesla pay package after a judge deemed it unfair to shareholders.

The post Elon Musk suggests X/Twitter will charge users a “small fee” to post appeared first on NME.