New X users to pay temporary fee to post, like and reply
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- April 17, 2024
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Elon Musk, , confirms that the company is to start posting, liking, and replying on the platform. Musk made the confirmation in a reply to @xDaily's report that X could be changing its policy to charge new users. @xDaily discovered a website change on X that states before they can post, like, bookmark, and reply. The website change also indicates that the small fee is "to reduce spam and to create a better experience for everyone". Musk reiterates in a tweet: 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. Musk later clarifies in another post that and only applicable for fresh accounts. These new users can post, like and reply for free after three months. It remains to be seen if this new policy would help X address the issue of bots. After all, did little to put an end to bots. Source: , @elonmusk ( )(