X, formerly Twitter, tests charging new users $1 to tweet, retweet
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The Elon Musk-owned company said it was an effort to combat bot activity and "manipulation," with the rollout beginning in the Philippines and New Zealand.

X tests charging new users $1 to tweet, retweet::The Elon Musk-owned company said it was an effort to combat bot activity and “manipulation,” with the rollout beginning in the Philippines and New Zealand.

  • Dasnap@lemmy.worldEnglish
    42·
    1 year ago

    I’m curious, have we ever seen this sort of public breakdown of a business before?

    I know we’ve seen businesses just make bad decisions and fail, but I can’t think of a time when it’s been due to the childish whims of a CEO who seems almost malicious about it, seemingly knowing it’s damaging the company, and going on very public rants about the changes.

    Like, imagine if Enron publicly said “lol regulator stealth mode UwU” before going nuclear.

    • foggy@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      1 year ago

      Machinima, maybe?

      #14 YouTube channel in 2014.

      #1 in gaming.

      Gone in 2019.

      • Dasnap@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        A lot of YouTube channels I watch have a ‘how I got out of a shitty Machinima contract’ story. Ross Scott is the main guy that comes to mind.

    • Tire@lemmy.mlEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      Isn’t it amazing how money can propel you forward regardless of how moronic you are as a business person?

    • Blorper59@lemmy.zipEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      Gerald Ratner (UK high street jeweller) did a pretty good job, calling his own products “crap” and almost destroying the company. He’s on Wikipedia.

    • lemmyvore@feddit.nlEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Depends how you look at it. From the point of view that Twitter was a public asset then what Musk is doing is damaging.

      But if you think of Twitter as a company with a dubious financial situation that was taken over and is being transformed into a different service, then it’s their business.

    • illi@lemm.eeEnglish
      9·
      1 year ago

      Free speech is so out of fashion, it’s time to bring paid speech!

    • skozzii@lemmy.caEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      It started at $7 a month around 90 days ago, so at this rate this price will be pennies by Christmas.

      Or maybe it’s just a bad idea?

    • rockstarmode@lemmy.worldEnglish
      12·
      1 year ago

      What about posting on a privately owned platform is free speech?

      I agree twitter is shit, and these prices are stupid, but I’m not seeing the 1st amendment argument.

  • MeekerThanBeaker@lemmy.worldEnglish
    161·
    1 year ago

    CNBC clickbait headline. It makes people think it costs $1 per tweet/retweet… and not the actual $1/year.

  • NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.worldEnglish
    91·
    1 year ago

    said it was an effort to combat bot activity

    If you really want to curb the bots, you charge them 94,50 per tweet and they can only pay it in cash.