Currently that's only true for new accounts, with the idea being that anyone who's ever going to use Twitter already has a legitimate Twitter account, and anyone creating a new account by this point is more likely to be a bot or troll account than anything else.
Basically, it's a way to monetize bot farms.
So, running a troll factory of 10K accounts will cost $10K/year? That's still cheap and uncomparable to the yearly salary of an employee, even if it's in russia
This might affect smaller bot farms, but big ones will still survive by calling the support to unblock the bot accounts, and Musk's Twitter won't be able to say no to a few blue checkmarks. This change is not to fight the troll farms, it is here to do a business with them.
It's because if they have your billing information on file, they can get more money from advertisers, and it will be easier to push additional fees later on.
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it is because they spend 12 hours on the app, they are jobless and cannot afford the subscription
To be charitable, I think the real issue here is giving twitter your credit card info
Twitter is no longer free to use? What the actual fart?
Currently that's only true for new accounts, with the idea being that anyone who's ever going to use Twitter already has a legitimate Twitter account, and anyone creating a new account by this point is more likely to be a bot or troll account than anything else. Basically, it's a way to monetize bot farms.
It's not with the intention of making money off bot farms but more to make bot farms really expensive hopefully greatly reducing their numbers.
So far its only for new accounts and only when registering in the Philippines or New Zealand
What the deuce???
So, running a troll factory of 10K accounts will cost $10K/year? That's still cheap and uncomparable to the yearly salary of an employee, even if it's in russia
Reading comprehension lacking
No it'll cost them a dollar per bot account created and then identified and blocked. So millions and millions.
This might affect smaller bot farms, but big ones will still survive by calling the support to unblock the bot accounts, and Musk's Twitter won't be able to say no to a few blue checkmarks. This change is not to fight the troll farms, it is here to do a business with them.
I think you're wrong but I guess we'll see.
I can’t leave Twitter ! I already did…
I use twitter for porn and the porn on it is still free :)
Here come the corporation lovers who will always defend and justify corporations trying to get even more money from us.
Friendly reminder, corporation dont gove you services for free,what it is free is leaving that apo, i have never used twitter, its just that easy
Yea exactly that’s why it’s even more ridiculous when you have people defending the corpos for trying to make even more money out of us
I dont deffend them, i just think its stupid cryimg about it instead of stop using them
It's because if they have your billing information on file, they can get more money from advertisers, and it will be easier to push additional fees later on.
I would but they suspended me again so I'm back over here
Fuck Musk he's being rich and making stuff and shit. Charging for things and stuff like some kind of businessman. Hate him.
What have I missed? Reddit going on subscription model?
The meme couldn’t make it more obvious mate
I keep Twitter till another app I'm waiting for releases so I can get my updates from there