Social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, has prepared to charge a subscription fee of $ 1 per year for new users. X, owned by Elon Musk, has also started its trial in New Zealand and Philippines. Users using X will have to pay a fee of $ 1 every year.
There were speculations about this for the last few days, which has been confirmed by the company. However, the company has said that this step has not been taken for profit. Existing customers will not have to pay fees.
X said in a post, ‘From October 17, 2023, we have started testing the new subscription of ‘Not a Bot’. Our effort is to reduce spam users on X. This will help us eliminate scammers and bots.
Starting today, we're testing a new program (Not A Bot) in New Zealand and the Philippines. New, unverified accounts will be required to sign up for a $1 annual subscription to be able to post & interact with other posts. Within this test, existing users are not affected.
— Support (@Support) October 17, 2023
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You will not be able to like, reply, post for free
Users who do not pay the subscription fee will only be present on X and will not be able to do anything. They will not be able to avail any facility like writing, liking, commenting, replying or bookmarking posts on the site. Those who do not pay will only be able to see the posts on X.
The company has said in its post, ‘We have started it at very low fees. Under this, new users will have to verify their own phone number. After this, if they want to use some special features like post (tweet), re-post (retweet), bookmark, likes etc. then they will have to pay one dollar.
Musk said – Reading is free, writing is chargeable
‘Read for free, but pay a dollar per year to write,’ Musk posted on He wrote- ‘This is the only way to fight bots without blocking real users.’
Elon Musk has always had a problem with X regarding bot accounts, which persists even today. It is being said that Elon Musk has taken this decision to eliminate the bot account.
Company looking for revenue sources
San Francisco-based company The acquisition has burdened it with a debt of $13 billion. Bloomberg previously estimated that X owed about $1.2 billion per year in interest payments on its acquisition-related debt.
Earlier this month, X CEO Linda Yaccarino told bankers that the company planned to test three tiers of its premium service to strengthen it. Additional facilities like shopping and payment will be launched further.
