"Unfortunately, a small fee for new user write access is the only way to curb the relentless onslaught of bots."

I don’t understand why everyone is reacting negatively to this. LET HIM FUCK THIS UP It’s a shame they don’t do product recalls for humans, but if they’re going to be maliciously defective, there’s no reason to warn them before they shit themselves.

We've had this in NZ for a while now - and it's exactly why I got someone to give me an invite code to here Not a chance that i'm giving musk my money in order to unlock posting Also it's such a hellhole over there now that i'm not sure why anyone would want to sign up

AI is so advanced that it can lie about being a robot. But it cannot help screen for robots. Only your human dollars can do that.

Users got very upset the last time he said they were doing this, and yet he proposes the same idea again hoping to get a different result

“the only way” == “I am Elon and I am super smart and we are going with the first idea that popped in my head”

Back in 2021 bots accounted for 5% of daily traffic on Twitter. Last SuperbOwl weekend, they accounted for 76% of traffic. Glad to see Elon managed to fix that bot problem the previous owners were having.

"Unfortunately, a small fee for new user write access is the only way to curb the relentless onslaught of people reporting how much money we've lost since changing our brand from 'Twitter'."

Imo that's actually a good idea And should be used on other sites as well

oh cool, just a small fee per bot instead of the whole cost of maintaining the spam AI, very user-friendly, thanks!

"Bots please send me more cash; I laid off 10% of Tesla today and need the money."