I think this Musk to require people to pay to tweet idea is great
It’ll kill X/Twitter even faster, which by now is the best outcome I think - as it’s not to be saved
His supposed rationale - that it’s to stop bots - is laughably funny. Twitter has more of a bot problem today that 12 months ago *because of Musk’s decisions*. Now this is to put it right? 😂
@jon
It's Timothy Snider's brilliant analysis over and over again:
And Space Karen is analogously saying he's singlehandedly saving us from the very bots he's fostering now. But I think you're at least partially wrong: There are too many journalists and politicians (or even ministries etc) present on the 💩 platform too lazy to rebuild their network elsewhere.
@jon @cweickhmann If they can expense the monthly fee, they'll go nowhere.
@DMLeathley @jon @cweickhmann it will push the audience off though. So journalists will have no reason to stay
@motomatters They will stay as long as many people post newsworthy stuff there. Just to be the first to have read and embedded into article. It might evolve more into a passive role, I agree. Like when journos obviously went to "truth".soc*** to read the Crazy Cantaloupe's messages first-hand. @DMLeathley @jon
@cweickhmann bots bots everywhere are just one of Musk's excuses for being terrible at his job.
Bots can be and were a very useful part of Twitter, but the kind of bots that thrive are a reflection of the platform policies and social atmosphere. Since Musk took over the chaos, crypto, and spam bots are louder than ever while the good bots that amplified the utility of Twitter have been policy dumped into the dustbin.
I don't think he'll end up making Twitter paid. I wish he would. I'd love to see it burn.
@sysop408
In my analogy, the "bots" are the "nukes" of Twitter: Completely hyped and only used rhetorically to scare people; though, the more Space Karen does his thing, the more likely it becomes that they may be used and cause damage.
I know, used responsibly, they are extremely useful. I use bots in the Fediverse too. But contrary to the general public I know what they are and do.
@jon
@cweickhmann @jon “LinkedIn for journalists “ as Loukas Cristodoulos dubbed them now.
@edgeoforever Which is Facebook for management dudes.
@jon
@cweickhmann even those journalists are uneasy. This might be enough to push them off.