The social media service is becoming paid for new users in two countries.
The owner of X, Elon Musk, hinted about the reform earlier. Angga Budhiyanto, ZumaWire / MVPHOTOS
Somepalvelu X (formerly Twitter) plans to test collecting an annual fee of a dollar, or slightly less than a euro, from its users, reports news agency Reuters.
According to X, customers who have paid a dollar can publish content, respond to publications, like, quote others’ publications and save publications to their bookmarks. Currently, the functions are free.
of Variety according to the update applies to new users in New Zealand and the Philippines.
Those who refuse to pay can view and read publications and follow other people’s accounts.
According to X, the purpose of the “Not a Bot” subscription model is to reduce the number of bots and spammers.
X CEO Elon Musk has changed the social service drastically, but it is likely that only a part of the final changes have been seen.
Musk wants to bring money traffic into an even tighter part of X. The company has painted the service as a “global marketplace” in the future, which includes payment and banking services, among other things.
Musk warned at the end of September about the service becoming paid.
– We are going in the direction of a small monthly fee for users, Musk said at the time.