Lads, I dislike Elon just as much as the next wasteof user, but this isn’t true.
People are just misinterpreting his comment. He just said that there may be a new tier of Twitter preminum that costs less.
Source: https://twitter.com/netanyahu/status/1703806204894498966 (this is the literal interview he did which people are saying he said this) Yes, the first quote on 34:40 seems to support @imadeanaccount’s claim, but if you go on (at about 35:30) he then seems to clarify he’s referring to a new, lower priced subscription.
Here is the quote:
… so pioritising posts written by by X premium subscribers, we’re actually gonna come out with a lower tier pricing so y’know, we’re wanting it to just be a small amount of money, that this is the (stumbles) it’s a longer discussion but in my view this is the only defense against vast armies of bots.
The reasoning that this proposed new lower tier of premium may happen is to combat bots, which was also mentioned in the original quote that people are alarmed over (people saying this quote is saying about putting twitter behind a paywall)
"The single most important reason that we are moving to having a small monthly payment for the use of the X system, is it is the only way I could think of to combat vast armies of bots,"
The reasonings correlating on both the quotes makes me believe he was originally talking about a lower, cheaper tier all along, and that he was just unclear.
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this is a quote by elon:
"The single most important reason that we are moving to having a small monthly payment for the use of the X system, is it is the only way I could think of to combat vast armies of bots,"
I know, it’s being misinterpreted. It was unclear but he was talking about a lower premium, that was nowhere mentioned everyone had to pay.
a small payment for the use of X seems pretty clear. has he clarified his statement somewhere?
thank you. i don’t get why @scolder and @dertermenter are trying to accuse me of lying with no sources
because I think you’re wrong and that if you are you’ve manipulated loads of people lmao
i forget where i asked, but can you send a quote/summary where he clarifies his statement. i don't have time to watch the whole video rn. thanks!
i have no intention of spreaidng misinformation and would like to be informed (with sources) if this does happen. as of now i have not seen any proof of your claim (i can’t delete my post/apologize/retract my statement unless i know why i’m wrong).
sure, I will send you the quote. I’m honestly just not trying to start an argument, it’s just I think people should be informed of misinformation if it is genuienly incorrect. I know you have no bad intentions, he was unclear and clarified a minute later, but I think it may have been misinterpreted.
… so pioritising posts written by by X premium subscribers, we’re actually gonna come out with a lower tier pricing so y’know, we’re wanting it to just be a small amount of money, that this is the (stumbles) it’s a longer discussion but in my view this is the only defense against vast armies of bots.