Topic: X (formerly Twitter) may be telling people like me to exit the platform - page 5. (Read 799 times)

I can say for myself that I stopped using Twitter a long time ago. My privacy is important to me, and even as the first account owner, I did not provide my real data, especially since I would not do this when Elon Musk is so insistent on using such a feature.
Besides, I don't see the point in engaging in conversation on Twitter because Twitter is becoming a platform infested with scammers who regularly spread fake news, and I'm not going to pay for it.

I think you will always be able to access X, but if Elon Mask really charges users for using his platform, you will be able to tweet only after payment. Reading is free, post for fee. Indeed a lot of people would leave platform, but corporations definitely gonna stay. However, still a lot of people would use X. Just think how many people pay for different subscription, but barely use platforms. A lot of people have Netflix subscription, while a lot of its content can be found for free in the internet. Pay for Spotify, while they can listen same music on YouTube. And there are more examples. We are living in subscription era. So one more subscription would not make a huge difference.

It's obvious people will quit if Elon Musk is really want to launch this shitty idea.

Most of people who're active in social medias are middle low or low class and they can't afford to spend more money just to access a site, similar like how many people looking a crack version of Windows and Microsoft software. On the other side middle upper and upper class will not get a lot likes due to traffic keep decreasing, what's the point to play in a quiet social medias?

Yeah you could be right but if 80% of there user base aren't paying and would choose a different platform that would probably offer the same thing but for free, I don't think that we will see X become a profitable platform for Musk. I don't have any ties or attachment to X or any creators that's famous in that platform so I am utterly pessimistic that putting a price on X would a good thing, they kind of like shooting themselves on the foot here although I'm not an expert in human behavior so I might be wrong and the need for clout exceeds the downside of using X.

X (formerly twitter) has been my favorite platform ever since because it helped to be updated in current events and trends. In simpler words, it allows me to become globally conscious by staying updated in real-time events worldwide. It also allows me to practice my freedom of expression through participating in different topics and discussions. Moreover, of all the different social media platforms, I find X (twitter) as the most reliable source of information because fake news and false information are rampant on the other platforms.

As much as I want to continually use the platform, I am not willing to pay for this because it ruins the true essence of the platform. If ever it requires users fee on the future, then it will not become available and accessible for all. Thus, it destroys connectivity and breaks social awareness. Some are already paying to obtain the blue verified badge on X (twitter) and I think this should be enough. But still, I cannot do anything about it and that is their decision to make.

Well, I think it's the little money you have that these guys are more interested in that's why when they make a product, they just don't do it for the rich alone to access, but the poor as well.
Elon has run out of ideas to run the company and as such is doing everything to keep it afloat but the funny thing is that when you start unnecessarily "extorting" money from peeps, they begin to see why some things are marked "needs" and some "wants" and then start classifying them.
 Although the plan to charge users is for X premium and still just in it's infancy and hasn't been firmed up yet, I just feel he'd lose more users. According to data, X( Twitter) traffic has steadily declined since January and as of June, it fell 5.8%.

No matter if this is a cent I won't be paying for it. Oh I forgot rarely use Twitter only when I get some information about some crypto. This will cost a lot for sure only those die-hard fans of X will be paying on it to access their accounts and mostly those influencers. I am into other social media  and that is where I build my profile. It is just sad that people who build their profiles, added their important photos will be forced to pay because they can't access their accounts anymore.

This would be the downfall of X for sure unless they are features that we get money for when we pay them money. But let's see if this is implemented or not.

I am not a fan of social media either but this has to be a huge mistake, the biggest source of income social media websites have comes from advertising, and advertisers are only willing to pay a lot of money for their ads to be shown in a platform if it has a lot of users they can sell their products to, if Elon starts to charge money in order to use X I am sure many people will abandon X for good, and in that case the revenue that is generated by ads will drop significantly as well.

I'm not willing to pay for X and if that means I don't get to use the platform.
Besides, I don't use social media very often and I'm not a fan of social media, so if Elon decides later, that's fine.
There are still many other social media services that can be a place for people to communicate, share and other things and I don't think it's a problem if they have to leave X unless they can earn income from X and are willing to pay the subscription fee so they can continue using X's services.
I think in the future, there will be other people who will create services like X that might be even better and we know that Mark has already created Threads that are similar to
This will likely be an ongoing war between Elon and Mark.

Yes, Elon Musk indirectly asked X users to leave the platform formerly known as Twitter. EM's plan which wants to charge a monthly fee is very unreasonable, he should thank all X users who have contributed to growing the platform instead of asking for a monthly fee which charges X users. EM has been too authoritarian since successfully acquiring X, previously he had changed the name and logo of Twitter which is now known as X, then he goes even further by charging user X a monthly fee.

I don't care about EM policies, if I can't access X before making a payment, I'll say goodbye to X.

Whether you use it or not, X will still work according to the plan they set out, eliminating some users who do not trust it. I think that is also the strategy that Elon Musk wants for this social network. In fact, what I've observed in the past few months is that X is very popular, perhaps partly due to the creator compensation program. Although there are quality issues with the content, I personally still like to use it a lot to follow updates from the market as well as some news that is not heavily censored on the platform.

basically in my opinion paying for social media platform is simply too much, the platform itself didn't even generate the content themselves, people are the ones that make all the content yet they have the guts to charge people for contributing i think its just silly flaw of logic that this change brought upon.
I just don't tolerate to pay for social media that quite literally is useless, not to mention that there are many different platforms out there that willing to become replacement of twitter.
charging for blue or gold tick badge is fine, but if charging just for reading other people tweets thats simply gone too far and I will quite literally leave the second they charge people for it.

So he basically said, "We can't handle the bots cause I kicked out my entire software engineer team, so here, you guys need to pay instead"? While I do know that he probably wouldn't charge everyone, it's still a hit to most people considering that they're inviting restrictions to a platform that's supposedly for letting people have the latest news and whatnot towards their followers group. I mean he already added that premium-based bs that they have right now, I reckon that he should've just designed it a lot better than adding more instead. Kind of disappointing since I imagine this kind of update would destroy a lot of free-lancers visibility, since I think that's one of the major things Elon would hit when considering subscriptions.

He wont charge everyone to use, who else has done that.  Its not a model that really exists on the internet especially and also I believe its a condition of a search engine to appear in results you cannot be a completely closed site.  The closest I see is some of the newspapers but even they release content in some part to other sites readable by all and often you have a reading limit or similar.   He would lose more then he gains by excluding the completely casual user, they are majority of users for most sites is my take.     From that source which you do keep open, thats how you gain the premium route for users to address the widest possible readership with their superior access on your site.

Definitely, he will lose a lot of subscribers here because not many can afford to pay monthly, even if it is cheap.
People are used to having social media apps for free. Just think of FB charging its users monthly fee, and for sure, the number will drop drastically.
Well, that's his move towards the elimination of bots or fake accounts. But he needs to consider those legit users who can't afford such fees.
We will know what will happen to twitter just after a month of implementation. That's his company so he has all the prerogative to do what he thinks is right for his business.

Its users are already its products and he wants to charge them? All I can say is that Elon's management of Twitter(X) after acquiring it is sort of showing that he's f**kin' it up. If it's just about the bots and fake accounts, there's a certain algorithm that he can just ask to do from his developers. I wonder why he's trolling at the next level because he's aware that if he's going to do it then that's the final moments of his platform. The investment that he's put into it will never be worth it but then, from the very start before acquiring it. He has expressed how he's free to change everything about it and he did. I guess that he just can afford to lose this platform as it might lose a lot of its users upon activating what he said about charging everyone. No one would like to use it for a fee when they can just go and use other social media platforms.

Looks like Elon Musk is putting X on the verge of extinction 🤭 by doing this, because a lot of enthusiastic Twitter users have either left the platform or will then leave once he starts charging everyone to use it. However, I'd first see the whole scenario that takes place once he adds up a charge to it but till I don't know what will be the charge (and is it going to be per IP address, household, etc. and if he is going to let one person have one account only?) I don't think that discussing this has got any point. Let us wait for him to reveal his plans before coming to a conclusion.

The tabloids really enjoy writing these terrible articles based on an ambiguous comment Musk made in an hour long interview with Benjamin Netanyahu...

He did not specify what this fee would be nor did he specify that every X user would be required to pay for it. Seemed like an off the cuff comment, and news organizations are running with it.

More likely to me he might introduce a lower subscription tier than the one he already offers and may limit what the "free" version of X offers. I doubt he's considering a subscription only model for all users of the site.

Elon would really be definitely be making up his own rules which charging up its users or having those options on upgrading on having that blue check but if these things are just that optional then it would really be just that fine but if it turns out to be mandatory then i would really be definitely be able to say that people would flock out into  this platform and would really be going into those places which are actually free but i highly doubt that Elon would really be doing this knowing that it would really be bringing out that huge impact to his platform which it would really be bringing out that huge impact on the company that he bought.
Well,people do really have choices or options whether they would really be that staying with X or not because we do have our own free will on what are the things that we must do and all would really be
in accordance with our preference.

We know that Twitter is really that free of charge or doesnt have that blue checkmark before and now its been applying some additions which its an option and a bit more centralized knowing that
locking and banning out some accounts which arent that legit like scam projects or something like that is really that considerable but it wont really be just that perfect i must say but its still a good
gesture but depending on the precision about those decision.It is really that more centralized.

As we have already seen with X Premium, bots have had no issues creating verified accounts. Spam and scams are still proliferating the platform. It seems to be worse than ever with AI tools being easily accessible. Charging people a fee to use the site won't do anything to stop this problem and just seems like a desperate attempt to turn a profit. Fortunately for Musk, Twitter has the early mover advantage and it's competitors like Bluesky and Threads are still in a fledgling state and have not been able to fully capitalize on Musk damaging Twitter's reputation.