davemark,
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On Twitter charging a fee for new users:

"When a new user signs up, the user will need to pay the fee, or wait for three months to be able to engage on the network"

This is supposed to prevent bots/spam, but won't spambotters either pay or just sign up and wait the 3 months?

At best, this strategy is a 3-month speed bump, a time delay. Am I missing something? 🤔

https://www.macrumors.com/2024/04/15/x-small-fee-new-users/
#Twitter #X #Spam #Bot

peternlewis,
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@davemark I wish Twitter had introduces some sort of user fee years ago, maybe then they could have made the company financially viable and we wouldn't have lost what was once a great resource.

davemark,
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mackozer,
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@davemark @peternlewis Well, there was a try that failed - App.net. IMO they were charging users too much, but Twitter could learn from them and from their failure at that time.
Meanwhile... we are still Twitter castaways on the Fediverse islands.

davemark,
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@mackozer @peternlewis Very happy to be here!

mackozer,
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@davemark @peternlewis yeah, me too. However some part of the old good Twitter vibe has been ruined for me on time of take over that service by "Mr Henry Ford impersonator" and the war next door that I see with my bare eyes (I am based in Poland and go there with humanitarian aid from time to time). I found myself less engaged and posting less than before.

bynkii,
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@davemark what you’re missing is that musk is a fucking idiot.

You’re thinking normally about this, he’s a dipshit who can’t.

He’s just convinced people that he’s too smart for them to understand when the reality is, he’s a fucking idiot.

daarin,
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@davemark Sounds like the Pay-to-Win-strategies of gamemakers to me. Cut something people want and charge for it!

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