JUST IN: New X accounts will now be required to pay a small annual fee before they’re able to post, like, bookmark, and reply, per X News Daily. Elon Musk has said: Unfortunately, a small fee for new user write access is the only way to curb the relentless onslaught of bots.
@unusual_whales he knows that bots will just pay the fee, right?
@SocDoneLeft @unusual_whales Then he will increase the fee until he's comfortable with the ratio between revenue and bots.
@SocDoneLeft Payments typically involve identity. Need to see if they will allow prepaid cards.
@SocDoneLeft @unusual_whales I'm dumb with what's possible, but if they notice an influx of purchase through his pay fee and it is deemed they are bots, that card could be blacklisted. I mean, a scammer would be limited to how many bank accounts he/she could open. Prepaid card, maybe if it's allowed.
@SocDoneLeft @unusual_whales You realize who gets the money, correct? 😉
@SocDoneLeft @unusual_whales Until they get banned and then start wasting $1 each banned account.
@SocDoneLeft @unusual_whales How many more things that are "the only way to stop bots" is he going to implement?
@SocDoneLeft @unusual_whales Uhhh not if it's not profitable to run the bots haha