The Elon Musk-owned social media platform is testing a $1 (R19) annual subscription as part of its efforts to combat spam bots.
X, the social network formerly known as Twitter, began testing a $1 annual subscription fee for new accounts on the web that want to post or interact with other users, saying the measure has the potential to reduce spam, automated bot accounts and manipulation of its service.Tuesday.
New users who don’t pay the fee won’t be able to take certain actions on the site, including writing posts, liking, replying or bookmarking. Starting today, we’re testing a new program in New Zealand and the Philippines. New, unverified accounts will be required to sign up for a $1 annual subscription to be able to post & interact with other posts. Within this test, existing users are not affected.“This will evaluate a potentially powerful measure to help us combat bots and spammers on X, while balancing platform accessibility with the small fee amount,” according to the blog post.
The San Francisco-based company has been on the hunt for new revenue sources since billionaire Elon Musk’s chaotic takeover last year, which saddled it with $13 billion in debt and drove away advertisers concerned about loosening content-safety rules.
New X users in the two test markets will have to subscribe to either the “Not a Bot” program or an X Premium tier, known for giving paying customers blue check marks, in order to write and interact with posts.“Read for free, but $1/year to write,” MuskFortune
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