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So much for free speech on X; Musk confirms new users must soon pay to post (arstechnica.com)
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[–] shortwavesurfer@monero.town 23 points 7 months ago (3 children)

It's a numbers and modeling game. If we charge this much, how many users will we lose? If that number is less than what you will make by doing the change, then the change is worth doing.

[–] 2ncs@lemmy.world 18 points 7 months ago (1 children)

That works until more of the user base leaves. Whose going to pay to tweet if no one is on the platform. It's "worth" it potentially in the short term, but long term it doesn't seem viable.

[–] shortwavesurfer@monero.town 0 points 7 months ago

At $1/year i expect very few will leave. Now if it were $10 i could see that being more likely.

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 15 points 7 months ago

A lot of decisions at Xitter were made seat-of-the-pants by Muskiboi. No modelling going on and if there is, they're really bad at it.