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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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A small amount for Musk is more money than most people can imagine.
My guess is that bots are more likely than real people to pay to use Twitter.
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My guess is that bots are more likely than real people to pay to use Twitter.
He's too far up his own ass to realize that.
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Every link on Twitter is broken right now
Links are completely busted on Twitter at the minute across the company's website and mobile apps, as well as TweetDeck. Clicking on one brings up an error message that reads "Your current API plan does not include access to this endpoint, please see https://developer.twitter.com/en/docs/twitter-api for more information." As it happens, that link is also broken at the time of writing.Good. #Twitter
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Twitter closes offices until Monday as employees quit in droves
Hundreds of Twitter employees are estimated to be leaving the beleaguered social media company following an ultimatum from new owner Elon Musk that staffers sign up for "long hours at high intensity," — or leave.
#Twitter #ElonMusk #fail #News #CBC
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Elon Musk Picks a Fight With the Wrong Senator
"Fix your companies. Or Congress will," Sen. Ed Markey tweeted to Musk after a verified account impersonated the senator on Twitter
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Elon Musk Tells Twitter Engineers to Look at Resurrecting Vine
Elon Musk, the billionaire who recently took Twitter private with a $44 billion acquisition, has told engineers at the social media company to look at resurrecting Vine, the video app purchased by Twitter in 2012 and shuttered just four years later, according to a report from Axios.#twitter #vine
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I know a few people I could reach there pretty easily a few years back, but they're impossible to contact now.
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