TECH - Elon Musk Says Charging New X Users A 'Small Fee' Is The Only Way To Curb Bot Onslaught | Benzinga
Tech billionaire Elon Musk has admitted that the only way to solve the bot problem on his social media platform X, formerly Twitter, is by charging new users a small fee.
What Happened: Musk confirmed on X that the social media platform plans to charge a small fee to allow new users to post on X. Culling the bots seems to be Musk's primary driver behind this decision.
"Unfortunately, a small fee for new user write access is the only way to curb the relentless onslaught of bots."
He explained that the current AI and troll farms can easily bypass the “Are you a bot” question and create fake accounts, which in turn exhausts the available username pool.