This has been debunked. Elon is looking at three tiers including free.
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SpaceX Launch Videos Discussion: NSF, X/Twitter, and other options
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Okay thanks, but I don‘t consider X a “news site”. I find The Guardian usually does a good job, and they were just quoting Elon.
I certainly hope that free access to X will continue but would gladly watch the NSF stream if they are able to access the SpaceX stream as noted by @JB47394.
Thank you, can you direct me to a reliable source for that information? Or is it something that Elon tweeted?*
* We don’t yet have an “X equivalent” for “tweeted”. “Xed” seems awkward.
All I found was an Axios article from today that quoted Elon saying to Netanyahu
My Google searches of Twitter came up with nothing but annoyance at the idea.
My Google searches of Twitter came up with nothing but annoyance at the idea.
That’s all I’ve found as well. Nothing about also continuing some level of free access.
So X is inhabited by “vast armies of bots”. Forcing everyone who wants to access X to pay money every month, even just a few dollars, is going to cause a lot of users to leave.
21 mins here:
Lower tier pricing. Not bottom tier. No way Elon will risk losing the majority of users by forcing people to pay. The tiers will be:
- Gold and grey at high price
- Blue at $8/mo for creators I think
- *NEW* $3?/mo for users and occasional creators (no payments or X Pro most likely) but most of the other benefits which will grow with time
- Free
With credit card requirement. Elon is trying to shut down bot armies, and that requires some kind of identification system. A credit card is the closest thing that we have to that online. I'd much prefer to see some kind of nation-issued web identification, like a passport.
I don't think that the free tier will require credit card details.
I started listening at the 21 minute point as you suggested and continued listening up to the end. I heard nothing about “free” X access, just what has been widely reported and quoted; the “a small monthly payment for use of the X system” and a “few dollars a month”. This is to address the X bot problem.
Where does Elon talk about that “free” access to X will continue? Please provide a source. Thank you.
Can you please STOP spreading false information.
Don't spread false information that twitter is paywalled. It is NOT. if you are read-only user you do NOT have to pay anything to read or watch in Twitter. Even if you want to tweet something you DO NOT have to pay anything. At best you will be forced to create a free account (oh my God, what a blasphemy !!). $7.99 subscription is only for those frequent posters who want some advanced features.
So STOP saying Twitter is paywalled. This is getting ridiculous.
Thanks for posting that tweet from Elon, which sort of clarifies his recent statement that X will soon charge “a small monthly payment for use of the X system”.
I don't understand.
"The single most important reason we're moving to having a small monthly payment for use of the X system is... it's the only way I can think of to combat vast armies of bots."
vs
"Elon Musk says users will soon have to pay a small monthly payment for X in effort to stop bots"
How is this misleading? Elon never said the words "We will charge everyone to use X", but he sure communicated what the article claims. He also never said "Bots are bad", but he communicated that as well.
"The single most important reason we're moving to having a small monthly payment for use of the X system is... it's the only way I can think of to combat vast armies of bots."
vs
"Elon Musk says users will soon have to pay a small monthly payment for X in effort to stop bots"
How is this misleading? Elon never said the words "We will charge everyone to use X", but he sure communicated what the article claims. He also never said "Bots are bad", but he communicated that as well.
I guess I'm not smart enough to get X to load with out a log in- I have no desire to have a log in there so I'm out. I really enjoyed watching SpaceX launches and commenting on them here. I'm disappointed in this move.
I don't want a Twitter,Facebook, Instagram etc account, I barely want a TMC account. Just don't need the grief these things have caused and won't support them.
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