The takeover of Twitter by Elon Musk had the effect of a bomb. Since then, the billionaire has been constantly announcing new ideas to change the way the social network works: the introduction of a button to edit his tweets, reduced moderation… His latest idea? Make Twitter pay but not for everyone. Explanations.
Elon Musk is set to acquire Twitter for $44 billion. Since then, theories have been rife as to the future of the famous social network. And Twitter’s freeness is the focus. Indeed, Elon Musk is already beginning to think about solutions for Twitter to become profitable. As a reminder, Twitter has already released the Twitter Blue subscription in only a handful of countries. The latter allows users to benefit from additional services for 2.50 euros per month. However, Elon Musk believes that Twitter must develop new sources of income.
In a tweet published on May 3, the billionaire mentioned the possibility of making the platform paid, but only for companies and governments. Elon Musk says the social network will remain free for ordinary users: “Twitter will still be free for ordinary users, but perhaps at a small cost for commercial or government users. »
Elon Musk is not the first to bring up this idea. It remains to be seen how this will be organised. This announcement of course caused a lot of reaction from Internet users: “Can you define ‘casual’? », asks for example a user of the platform. It is also questionable whether a company like Coca-Cola, for example, will pay the same price as a smaller company. Or how will be calculated the amount to be paid to use the platform.
So there are still a lot of unanswered questions. For the moment, this remains a simple idea mentioned by the boss of Tesla and SpaceX. So what do you think of Elon Musk’s idea of making the social network pay for only certain users? Good or bad idea ?
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