X will charge users ‘a small monthly payment’ to use its service::X owner Elon Musk today floated the idea that the social network formerly known as Twitter may no longer be a free site. In a live-streamed conversation

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    1 year ago

    charging small amounts from every user instead of having an ad-funded business is probably the most honest and fair way to have a healthy internet

    I agree, but wouldn’t you think it’s far more likely that they would charge small amounts from every user AND have an ad-funded business?

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      1 year ago

      This is why I am not holding my hopes up for Twitter, but I do believe that the Fediverse can work because we can have many different small service providers that would all compete for its customers, and not having ads would be definitely an advantage.